UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
____________________

FORM 8‑K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

January 25, 2019 (January 22, 2019)
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National Instruments Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
000-25426
 
74-1871327
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

11500 North MoPac Expressway
Austin, Texas 78759
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(512) 683-0100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
   


 
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 22, 2019, the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of National Instruments Corporation (the "Company") pursuant to the authority delegated to it by the Board under the Committee's charter, approved the following compensation arrangements for the Company's named executive officers (as defined in Item 402(a)(3) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, the "Executive Officers")).

The Committee approved annual base salaries and target bonus levels under the Company's Annual Incentive Program for each of the Executive Officers set forth in the table below, to be effective from January 1, 2019.

Executive Officer
Title
Base Salary
Target Bonus
John Roiko
Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
$290,000
30%
Scott Rust
Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development
$385,000
40%
Karen Rapp
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
$413,438
50%
Eric Starkloff
President and Chief Operating Officer
$551,250
70%

The Committee recently completed a review of the Company's equity-based incentive compensation program for executives utilizing the services of an independent compensation consultant. As a result of this review, the Committee approved equity awards for the Company's Executive Officers consisting of a combination of service-based restricted stock units ("RSUs"), which will vest over time, and performance-based restricted stock units ("PRSUs") that will vest based on the Company's achievement of long-term performance goals.  The RSUs are scheduled to vest in three equal annual installments, with the first installment vesting on May 1, 2020, and the PRSUs are scheduled to vest, if at all, based on relative total shareholder return, in each case subject to the Executive Officer's continuous service through each vesting date.  Under the terms of the award agreement governing the PRSUs, the number of underlying shares of the Company's common stock that the Executive Officer is ultimately entitled to receive at the time of vesting ranges from 0% to 200% of the target number of PRSUs granted, subject to how the Company's total shareholder return ranks in comparison to companies that comprise the Russell 2000 Index over a performance period consisting of the three years ended December 31, 2021.  The grants for each of the Executive Officers are set forth in the table below:

Executive Officer
Title
RSUs
Target PRSUs*
John Roiko
Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
 1,696
1,696
 
Scott Rust
Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development
 8,482
8,482
 
Karen Rapp
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
13,006
13,006
 
Eric Starkloff
President and Chief Operating Officer
16,625
16,625
 
* This is the target.  The number of PSRUs that vest will be from 0% to 200% depending on the Company's relative total shareholder return .

The RSUs and PRSUs described above were granted under the Company's 2015 Equity Incentive Plan and pursuant to a form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Time-Based and Performance-Based) approved by the Committee.  The foregoing description of the RSUs, PRSUs and such award agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the form of such agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
 
The cash and equity compensation for the Company's Chief Executive Officer is expected to be adjusted at a subsequent meeting of the Board.
 
Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Upon the recommendation of its Nomination and Governance Committee, the Board approved the amendment and restatement of the Company's bylaws ("Bylaws") effective as of January 23, 2019 to (i) add a new Section 2.13 to implement proxy access that will, beginning with the Company's annual meeting to be held in 2020, permit a stockholder, or a group of not more than 20 stockholders, owning 3% or more of the Company's outstanding stock continuously for at least three years, to nominate and include in the Company's proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of 20% of the Board or two directors, provided that such nominees do not exceed half of the directors to be elected at an annual meeting and the requirements set forth in the Bylaws are satisfied; (ii) revise Article Six to more clearly define the roles of the chief executive officer and the president to reflect that such offices are no longer held by the same person; and (iii) make certain other clarifying and conforming changes.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit   No.
 
Description
     
3.1
 
10.1
 
     

 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

   
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
     
 
By:
/s/ Alex M. Davern
 
   
Name:  Alex M. Davern
Title:  Chief Executive Officer

Date:  January 25, 2019




AMENDED AND RESTATED   BY-LAWS
(as of January 23, 2019)
OF
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
A Delaware Corporation


TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE ONE:  OFFICES
1.1
Registered Office and Agent          
1
1.2
Other Offices          
1
ARTICLE TWO:  MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1
Annual Meeting          
1
2.2
Special Meeting          
2
2.3
Place of Meetings          
2
2.4
Notice          
2
2.5
Voting List          
2
2.6
Quorum          
3
2.7
Required Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum          
3
2.8
Method of Voting; Proxies          
3
2.9
Record Date          
4
2.10
Conduct of Meeting          
4
2.11
Stockholder Proposals and Nominations of Persons for Election to the
Board of Directors          
 
4
2.12
Inspectors          
6
2.13
Proxy Access for Director Nominees          
7
ARTICLE THREE:  DIRECTORS
3.1
Management          
18
3.2
Number; Qualification; Election; Term          
18
3.3
Change in Number          
19
3.4
Vacancies          
19
3.5
Meetings of Directors          
19
3.6
First Meeting          
19
3.7
[not used]          
19
3.8
Regular Meetings          
19
3.9
Special Meetings          
19
3.10
Notice          
20
3.11
Quorum; Majority Vote          
20
3.12
Procedure          
20
3.13
Presumption of Assent          
20
3.14
Action Without a Meeting          
21
3.15
Compensation          
21
ARTICLE FOUR:  COMMITTEES
4.1
Designation          
21
4.2
Number; Qualification; Term          
21
4.3
Authority          
21
4.4
Committee Changes          
21
4.5
Alternate Members of Committees          
21
4.6
Regular Meetings          
22
4.7
Special Meetings          
22
4.8
Quorum; Majority Vote          
22
4.9
Minutes          
22
4.10
Compensation          
22
4.11
Responsibility          
22
ARTICLE FIVE:  NOTICE
5.1
Method          
23
5.2
Waiver          
23
ARTICLE SIX:  OFFICERS
6.1
Number; Titles, Term of Office          
23
6.2
Removal          
24
6.3
Vacancies          
24
6.4
Authority          
24
6.5
Compensation          
24
6.6
Chairman of the Board          
24
6.7
Chief Executive Officer and President          
24
6.8
Vice Presidents          
25
6.9
Treasurer          
25
6.10
Assistant Treasurers          
25
6.11
Secretary          
26
6.12
Assistant Secretaries          
26
ARTICLE SEVEN:  CERTIFICATES AND SHAREHOLDERS
7.1
Certificates for Shares          
26
7.2
Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates          
27
7.3
Transfer of Shares          
27
7.4
Registered Stockholders          
27
7.5
Regulations          
27
7.6
Legends          
27
ARTICLE EIGHT:  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
8.1
Dividends          
28
8.2
Reserves          
28
8.3
Books and Records          
28
8.4
Fiscal Year          
28
8.5
Seal          
28
8.6
Resignations          
28
8.7
Securities of Other Corporations          
28
8.8
Telephone Meetings          
29
8.9
Invalid Provisions          
29
8.10
Mortgages, etc.          
29
8.11
Headings          
29
8.12
References          
29
8.13
Amendments          
29


AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
(as of January 23, 2019)
OF
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
A Delaware Corporation
PREAMBLE
These by-laws are subject to , and governed by, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware   (the " Delaware General Corporation Law ") and the certificate of incorporation of National Instruments Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the " Corporation "). In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of these by-laws and the mandatory provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, such provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as the case may be, will be controlling.
ARTICLE ONE:  OFFICES
1.1              Registered Office and Agent .  The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as designated from time to time by the appropriate filing by the Corporation in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
1.2            Other Offices .  The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE TWO:  MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1            Annual Meeting .  An annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held each calendar year on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. At such meeting, the stockholders shall elect directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Failure to hold an annual meeting as required by these by-laws shall not invalidate any action taken by the board of directors or officers of the Corporation.
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2.2            Special Meeting .  A special meeting of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the board of directors pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors then in office.
2.3            Place of Meetings .  An annual meeting of stockholders may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware designated by the board of directors. A special meeting of stockholders may be held at any place within or without the State of Delaware designated in the notice of the meeting or a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation unless another place is designated for meetings in the manner provided herein.
2.4            Notice .  Written or printed notice stating the place, day, and time of each meeting of the stockholders and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary, or the officer or person(s) calling the meeting, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If such notice is to be sent by mail, it shall be directed to such stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, unless he shall have filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices to him be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be directed to him at such other address. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy and shall not, at the beginning of such meeting, object to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, or who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of notice, in person or by proxy.
2.5            Voting List .  At least ten days before each meeting of stockholders, the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who has charge of the Corporation's stock ledger, either directly or through another officer appointed by him or through a transfer agent appointed by the board of directors, shall prepare a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address   of each stockholder and number of shares registered in   the name of each stockholder. For a period of ten days prior to such meeting, such list shall be kept on file at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of meeting or a duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held and shall be open to examination by any stockholder during ordinary business hours. Such list shall be produced at such meeting and kept at the meeting at all times during such meeting and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
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2.6            Quorum .  The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote on a matter, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws. If a quorum shall not be present, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat who are present, in person or by proxy, or, if no stockholder entitled to vote is present, any officer of the Corporation may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting (unless the board of directors, after such adjournment, fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting), until a quorum shall be present, in person or by proxy. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, in person or by proxy, any business may be transacted which may have been transacted at the original meeting had a quorum been present; provided that, if the adjournment is for more than 30 days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting.
2.7            Required Vote; Withdrawal of Quorum .  When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one on which, by express provision of statute, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. The stockholders present at a duly constituted meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
2.8            Method of Voting; Proxies .  Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation or by law, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot. At any meeting of stockholders, every stockholder having the right to vote may vote either in person or by a proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Each such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after three years from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. If no date is stated in a proxy, such proxy shall be presumed to have been executed on the date of the meeting at which it is to be voted. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power or unless otherwise made irrevocable by law.
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2.9            Record Date .  For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, for any such determination of stockholders, such date in any case to be not more than 60 days and not less than ten days prior to such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed:
(a)            The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(b)            The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
(c)            A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the board of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
2.10            Conduct of Meeting .  The Chairman of the Board, if such office has been filled, and, if not or if the Chairman of the Board is absent or otherwise unable to act, the President shall preside at all meetings of stockholders. The Secretary shall keep the records of each meeting of stockholders. In the absence or inability to act of any such officer, such
officer's duties shall be performed by the officer given the authority to act for such absent or non-acting officer under these by-laws or by some person appointed by the meeting.
2.11            Stockholder Proposals and Nominations of Persons for Election to the Board of Directors .  Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these by-laws, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this by-law.
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For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of the foregoing paragraph, (1) the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the corporation, (2) such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the General Corporation Law of Delaware, (3) if the stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, has provided the corporation with a Solicitation Notice, as that term is defined in subclause (c)(iii) of this paragraph, such stockholder or beneficial owner must, in the case of a proposal, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation's voting shares required under applicable law to carry any such proposal, or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, have delivered a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a percentage of the corporation's voting shares reasonably believed by such stockholder or beneficial holder to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by such stockholder, and must, in either case, have included in such materials the Solicitation Notice and (4) if no Solicitation Notice relating thereto has been timely provided pursuant to this section, the stockholder or beneficial owner proposing such business or nomination must not have solicited a number of proxies sufficient to have required the delivery of such a Solicitation Notice under this section.  To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to the secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 60 or more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary (the " Anniversary ") of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding year's annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after the anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 90 th day prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the 10 th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.  Such stockholder's notice shall be set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director all information relating to such person as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the " Exchange Act "), and such person's written consent to serve as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of such business, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, and (iii) whether either such stockholder or beneficial owner intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of the corporation's voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination or nominations, a sufficient number of holders of the corporation's voting shares to elect such nominee or nominees (an affirmative statement of such intent, a " Solicitation Notice ").
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Only persons nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this by-law shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section.  The chair of the meeting shall have the power and the duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these by-laws and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these by-laws, to declare that such defective proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be disregarded.
For the purposes of this section, "public announcement" shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
               2.12            Inspectors .  The board of directors may, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any of the inspectors so appointed shall fail to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting shall, or if inspectors shall not have been appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies and shall receive votes, ballots, or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots, or consents, determine the results, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the chairman of the meeting, the inspectors shall make a report in writing of any challenge, request, or matter determined by them and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No director or candidate for the office of director shall act as an inspector of an election of directors. Inspectors need not be stockholders.
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2.13            Proxy Access for Director Nominees
(a)            Inclusion of Stockholder Nominees in Proxy Materials . Whenever the board of directors solicits proxies with respect to the election of directors at an annual meeting (beginning with the annual meeting to be held in 2020), subject to the provisions of this Section 2.13, the Corporation will include in its proxy materials for such annual meeting, in addition to any persons nominated for election by the board of directors or a committee appointed by the board of directors, the name, together with the Required Information (as defined below), of any person properly nominated for election (a " Stockholder Nominee ") to the board of directors by an Eligible Stockholder (as defined below). An Eligible Stockholder must expressly elect, at the time of providing the notice required by this Section 2.13 (the " Nomination Notice "), to have each nominee of such Eligible Stockholder included in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.13. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Stockholder Nominee is included in the Corporation's proxy materials for an annual meeting, then the Corporation will also include such Stockholder Nominee on (i) any ballot distributed at such annual meeting; (ii) the Corporation's proxy card; and (iii) any other format through which the Corporation permits proxies to be submitted.
(b)            Definition of Eligible Stockholder . An " Eligible Stockholder " is a stockholder, or a group of no more than 20 stockholders, of the Corporation that has satisfied (individually or, in the case of a group, collectively) all applicable conditions and has complied with all applicable procedures, in each case as set forth in this Section 2.13. No person may be a member of more than one group of persons constituting an Eligible Stockholder. A record holder acting on behalf of one or more beneficial owners will not be counted separately as a stockholder with respect to the shares owned by beneficial owners on whose behalf such record holder has been directed in writing to act, but each such beneficial owner will be counted separately, subject to the other provisions of this Section 2.13, for purposes of determining the number of stockholders whose holdings may be considered as part of an Eligible Stockholder's holdings. For purposes of this Section 2.13, two or more funds or trusts will be treated as one stockholder or beneficial owner (a " Qualifying Fund ") if they are (i) under common management and investment control; (ii) under common management and funded primarily by the same employer; or (iii) a "group of investment companies," as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(c)            Required Information . For purposes of this Section 2.13, the " Required Information " that the Corporation will include in its proxy materials is (i) the information concerning the Stockholder Nominee and the Eligible Stockholder that is required to be disclosed in the Corporation's proxy statement by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the " SEC ") promulgated under the Exchange Act; and (ii) if the Eligible Stockholder so elects, one or more Supporting Statements (as defined below).
(d)            Delivery of Nomination Notice . To be timely, a Nomination Notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the anniversary of the day on which the Corporation's proxy statement relating to the immediately preceding annual meeting was first released to stockholders. No adjournment, postponement or other delay of an annual meeting, or any public announcement thereof, will commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a Nomination Notice.
                              (e)            Maximum Number of Stockholder Nominees .
(i)            Maximum Number; Reductions . The maximum aggregate number of Stockholder Nominees that will be included in the Corporation's proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting will not exceed the greater of (A) two or (B) 20 percent of the number of directors in office as of the last day on which a Nomination Notice may be delivered pursuant to this Section 2.13, or if such amount is not a whole number, then the closest whole number below 20 percent. This maximum number will be reduced by (1) the number of persons serving as directors or as nominees for director who, in either case, were elected or appointed to the board of directors or will be included in the Corporation' proxy materials as an unopposed (by the Corporation) nominee pursuant to an agreement, arrangement or other understanding with a stockholder or group of stockholders (other than any such agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into in connection with an acquisition of shares of common stock of the Corporation by such stockholder or group of stockholders from the Corporation), other than any director whose term of office will expire at such annual meeting and who is not seeking (or agreeing) to be nominated at such annual meeting for another term of office; (2) any Stockholder Nominee whose name was submitted by an Eligible Stockholder for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.13 and was accepted for nomination but either (a) is subsequently withdrawn, disregarded or declared invalid or ineligible; or (b) that the board of directors or a committee appointed by the board of directors decides to nominate for election; (3) the number of incumbent directors (as of the last day on which a Nomination Notice may be delivered pursuant to this Section 2.13) who were Stockholder Nominees at any of the preceding three annual meetings (including any individual covered under clause (2) above) and whose election at the upcoming annual meeting is being recommended by the board of directors; and (4) the number of persons nominated in accordance with Section 2.11 (whether or not such nomination is subsequently withdrawn) at the annual meeting.  Notwithstanding the previous sentence (x) in no event will the number of Stockholder Nominees appearing in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.13 for any annual meeting exceed one-half of the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting; and (y) in no event will the aggregate number of Stockholder Nominees in the Corporation's proxy materials with respect to an annual meeting be below one if a valid Nomination Notice is properly delivered pursuant to this Section 2.13.
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(ii)            Impact of Vacancies . If (A) one or more vacancies for any reason occurs on the board of directors after the last day on which a Nomination Notice may be delivered pursuant to this Section 2.13 but before the date of the annual meeting and (B) the board of directors resolves to reduce the size of the board of directors in connection with such vacancy, then the maximum number of Stockholder Nominees will be calculated based on the number of directors in office as so reduced.
(iii)            Ranking of Stockholder Nominees . Any Eligible Stockholder submitting more than one Stockholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials must rank its Stockholder Nominees in its Nomination Notice based on the order in which the Eligible Stockholder desires that such Stockholder Nominees be selected for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials. If the number of Stockholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Stockholders exceeds the maximum number of nominees provided for pursuant to Section 2.13(e)(i), then the highest-ranking qualifying Stockholder Nominee of each Eligible Stockholder will be selected by the Corporation for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials until the maximum number of Stockholder Nominees is reached, going in order by the number (largest to smallest) of shares of common stock of the Corporation that each Eligible Stockholder disclosed as Owned (as defined below) in its Nomination Notice. If the maximum number of Stockholder Nominees is not reached after the highest-ranking qualifying Stockholder Nominee of each Eligible Stockholder has been selected, then this process will continue with the next highest-ranked Stockholder Nominees as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the maximum number is reached.
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(f)            Ownership . For purposes of this Section 2.13, an Eligible Stockholder will be deemed to " Own " only those outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation as to which the Eligible Stockholder possesses both (i) the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and (ii) the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit and risk of loss on) such shares. The number of shares calculated in accordance with the prior sentence will not include any shares (A) sold by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, including any short sale; (B) borrowed by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates for any purpose; (C) purchased by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates subject to an agreement to resell; or (D) subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, or other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Eligible Stockholder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of shares of common stock of the Corporation, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised would have, the purpose or effect of (1) reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, the full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares by the Eligible Stockholder or its affiliates; or (2) hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss arising from the full economic ownership of such shares by such Eligible Stockholder or its affiliates. A stockholder will "Own" shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the stockholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. A stockholder's Ownership of shares will be deemed to continue during any period in which the stockholder has (a) loaned such shares so long as the stockholder has the power to recall such loaned shares on no more than five business days' notice and includes with the Nomination Notice an agreement that it (i) will promptly recall such loaned shares upon being notified by the Corporation that any of its Stockholder Nominees will be included in the Corporation's proxy materials and (ii) will continue to hold such recalled shares through the date of the annual meeting; or (b) delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney, or other instrument or arrangement that is revocable at any time by the stockholder. The terms "Owned," "Owning", "Ownership" and other variations of the word "Own" will have correlative meanings. For purposes of this Section 2.13, the term "affiliate" will have the meaning given to it in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (the " Securities Act ").
(g)            Eligible Stockholder Requirements .
(i)            Ownership Requirement . To make a nomination pursuant to this Section 2.13, an Eligible Stockholder must have Owned continuously for at least three years (the " Holding Period ") a number of shares representing at least three percent of the Corporation's common stock (such required number of shares, the " Required Shares "). For purposes of determining whether the Eligible Stockholder owned the Required Shares for the Holding Period, the number of shares of common stock will be determined by reference to the Corporation's most recent periodic filings with the SEC during the Holding Period prior to the submission of the Eligible Stockholder's Notice. The Required Shares must also be Owned continuously as of (i) the date on which the Nomination Notice is delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 2.13; (ii) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting; and (iii) the date of the annual meeting.
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(ii)            Additional Requirements for Groups of Stockholders . If a group of stockholders aggregates Ownership of shares in order to meet the requirements under this Section 2.13, then (i) all shares held by each stockholder constituting their contribution to the Required Shares must have been held by that stockholder continuously for at least the Holding Period, and must also be Owned continuously as of (A) the date on which the Nomination Notice is delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 2.13; (B) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting; and (C) the date of the annual meeting; (ii) each provision in this Section 2.13 that requires the Eligible Stockholder to provide any written statements, representations, undertakings, agreements or other instruments or to meet any other conditions will be deemed to require each stockholder that is a member of such group to provide such statements, representations, undertakings, agreements or other instruments and to meet such other conditions (except that the members of such group may aggregate their stockholdings in order to meet the Required Shares); and (iii) a breach of any obligation, agreement or representation under this Section 2.13 by any member of such group will be deemed a breach by the Eligible Stockholder.
(h)            Information to be Provided by an Eligible Stockholder . Within the time period specified for providing the Nomination Notice, an Eligible Stockholder (which, for purposes of this Section 2.13(h), will be deemed to include any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made) making a nomination pursuant to this Section 2.13 must provide the following information in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation:
(i)            the name and address of the Eligible Stockholder;
(ii)            a statement by the Eligible Stockholder (A) setting forth and certifying as to the number of shares of common stock of the Corporation that it Owns and has Owned continuously during Holding Period; (B) agreeing to continue to Own the Required Shares through the date of annual meeting; and (C) indicating whether it intends to continue to own the Required Shares for at least one year following the annual meeting (it being understood that this statement will not be deemed to impose any obligation on the Eligible Stockholder to hold any of the Required Shares following the annual meeting);
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(iii)            in the case of a nomination by a group of stockholders that together is an Eligible Stockholder, (A) the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to receive communications, notices and inquiries from the Corporation and to act on behalf of all such members with respect to the nomination and all related matters (including any withdrawal of the nomination); (B) the written acceptance by such group member of such designation; and (C) the address, phone number and email address of such group member,
                                                       (iv)            one or more written statements from each record holder of the Required Shares (and from each intermediary through which the Required Shares are or have been held during the Holding Period) verifying that, as of a date within seven calendar days prior to the date that Nomination Notice is delivered or received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, the Eligible Stockholder then Owns, and has Owned continuously for the Holding Period, the Required Shares;
(v)            an undertaking by the Eligible Stockholder to provide, within seven calendar days after (A) the record date for the annual meeting (if, prior to such record date, the Corporation (1) has made disclosure of the record date in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the SEC pursuant to Section 13, Section 14 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or (2) delivered a written notice (including by email) of the record date to the Eligible Stockholder) or (B) the date on which the Corporation delivered to the Eligible Stockholder written notice (including by email) of the record date (if such notice is provided after the record date), one or more written statements from each record holder of the Required Shares (and from each intermediary through which the Required Shares are or have been held during the Holding Period) verifying the Eligible Stockholder's continuous Ownership of the Required Shares through the record date;
(vi)            in the case of a Qualifying Fund whose share Ownership is counted for purposes of qualifying as an Eligible Stockholder, documentation reasonably satisfactory to the board of directors that demonstrates that such Qualifying Fund meets the requirements of a Qualifying Fund;
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(vii)            the information, agreements, certifications, representations and other documents required to be set forth in or included with a stockholder's notice of a nomination pursuant to Section 2.11;
(viii)            a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been or is concurrently being filed by such Eligible Stockholder with the SEC as required by Rule 14a-18 under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule);
(ix)            a representation and undertaking that (A) the Eligible Stockholder (1) did not acquire, and is not holding, securities of the Corporation for the purpose or with the effect of influencing or changing control of the Corporation; (2) has not nominated, and will not nominate, for election to the board of directors at the annual meeting any person other than any Stockholder Nominees being nominated by it pursuant to this Section 2.13; (3) has not engaged, and will not engage, in, and has not and will not be a "participant" in another person's, "solicitation" within the meaning of Rule 14a-1( l ) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule) in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting (other than its Stockholder Nominees or a nominee of the board of directors); (4) has not distributed, and will not distribute, to any stockholder any form of proxy for the annual meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation; (5) has complied, and will comply, with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to any actions taken pursuant to this Section 2.13, including the nomination of its Stockholder Nominees and any permissible solicitation in connection with the annual meeting; and (6) consents to the public disclosure of the information provided pursuant to this Section 2.13; and (B) the facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its stockholders by the Eligible Stockholder are, and will be, true and correct in all material respects and do not, and will not, omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(x)            an undertaking that the Eligible Stockholder agrees to (A) assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Stockholder's communications with the stockholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Stockholder provides to the Corporation; (B) indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates arising out of any nomination, solicitation or other activity by the Eligible Stockholder in connection with its efforts to elect any Stockholder Nominees pursuant to this Section 2.13; (C) comply with all requirements of this Section 2.13; and (D) upon request, provide to the Corporation within five business days after such request, but in any event prior to the date of the annual meeting, such additional information as is reasonably requested by the Corporation (including any information reasonably necessary to verify the Eligible Stockholder's continuous Ownership of the Required Shares for the Holding Period and through the date of the annual meeting).
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(i)            Representations and Agreement of any Stockholder Nominee .
(i)            Materials Required to be Provided . Within the time period specified in this Section 2.13 for delivering the Nomination Notice, each Stockholder Nominee must deliver to the Secretary of the Corporation a written representation and agreement that the Stockholder Nominee (A) other than as disclosed to the Corporation, (1) is not, and will not become, a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given, and will not give, any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such Stockholder Nominee, if elected as a director, will act or vote on any issue or question; and (2) is not, and will not become, a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a Stockholder Nominee or director; (B) if elected, will comply with the Corporation's corporate governance guidelines, code of ethics, share ownership and trading policies and guidelines, and any other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to directors, as well as any applicable law, rule or regulation or listing requirement; (C) consents to being named in the Corporation's proxy statement for the annual meeting as a nominee of the applicable Eligible Stockholder or of the board of directors; (D) agrees to serve as a director if elected; (E) consents to the public disclosure of the information provided pursuant to this Section 2.13; and (F) represents that such Stockholder Nominee intends to serve as director of the Corporation for the full term if so elected.
(ii)            Additional Materials . At the written request of the Corporation, the Stockholder Nominee must promptly, but in any event within five business days of such request, submit all (A) completed and signed questionnaires required of the Corporation's directors, nominees for director, and officers; and (B) additional information requested by the Corporation (1) as may be reasonably necessary to permit the board of directors or any of its committees to determine if such Stockholder Nominee (a) is independent under the listing standards of the principal U.S. exchange upon which the Corporation's common stock is listed, any applicable rules of the SEC and any publicly disclosed standards used by the board of directors in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation's directors (collectively, the " Applicable Independence Standards "); (b) is eligible to serve as a director of the Corporation; (c) has any direct or indirect relationship with the Corporation; and (d) is not, and has not been, subject to any event specified in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) or any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule); and (2) that could be material to a reasonable stockholder's understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such Stockholder Nominee.
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(j)            Supporting Statement . For each of its Stockholder Nominees, the Eligible Stockholder may provide to the Secretary of the Corporation, within the time period specified for providing the Nomination Notice, a written statement, not to exceed 500 words, for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy statement for the annual meeting in support of the candidacy of such Stockholder Nominee (a " Supporting Statement "). No Supporting Statement may include any images, charts, pictures, graphic presentations or similar items.
(k)            True, Correct and Complete Information . If any information or communications provided by any Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee to the Corporation or its stockholders is not, when provided, or thereafter ceases to be, true, correct and complete in all material respects (including omitting a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading), then such Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee, as the case may be, must promptly notify the Secretary of the Corporation in writing and provide the information that is required to make such information or communication true, correct, complete and not misleading. In addition, any person or entity providing any information to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2.13 must further update and supplement such information, if necessary, so that all such information is true and correct as of the record date for the annual meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the annual meeting or any adjournment, postponement or other delay thereof. Any update or supplement (or a written certification that no such updates or supplements are necessary and that the information previously provided remains true and correct as of the applicable date) pursuant to this Section 2.13(k) must be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation no later than (i) five business days after the record date for the annual meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date); and (ii) seven business days prior to the date of the annual meeting or any adjournment, postponement or other thereof (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the annual meeting). No notification, update or supplement provided pursuant to this Section 2.13(k) or otherwise will be deemed to cure any defect in any previously provided information or communications or limit the remedies available to the Corporation relating to any such defect (including the right to omit a Stockholder Nominee from its proxy materials).
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(l)            Disqualifications and Exclusions of Stockholder Nominees .
(i)            Bases for Disqualifying or Excluding Stockholder Nominees . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.13, the Corporation will not be required to include a Stockholder Nominee in its proxy materials (A) if the Eligible Stockholder who has nominated such Stockholder Nominee has engaged in or is currently engaged in, or has been or is a "participant" in another person's, "solicitation" (within the meaning of Rule 14a-1( l ) under the Exchange Act (or any successor rule)) in support of the election of any individual as a director at the annual meeting other than its Stockholder Nominees or a nominee of the board of directors; (B) who is not independent under the Applicable Independence Standards as of the date on which the Nomination Notice is delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation, as determined in good faith by the board of directors or any of its committees; (C) whose election as a member of the board of directors would cause the Corporation to be in violation of these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation, the rules and listing standards of the principal exchanges upon which the Corporation's shares of common stock are listed or traded, or any applicable law, rule or regulation; (D) who is or has been, within the past three years, an officer or director of a competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914; (E) who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past 10 years; (F) who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule); (G) if such Stockholder Nominee dies, becomes disabled or otherwise becomes ineligible for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Section 2.13 or otherwise becomes unavailable for election at the annual meeting (including because such Stockholder Nominee is no longer willing to serve on the board of directors); (H) if such Stockholder Nominee or the Eligible Stockholder who has nominated such Stockholder Nominee has provided information to the Corporation with respect to such nomination that was untrue in any material respect or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading, as determined by the board of directors; (I) if such Stockholder Nominee, or the Eligible Stockholder who has nominated such Stockholder Nominee, otherwise contravenes any of the agreements or representations made by such Stockholder Nominee or Eligible Stockholder, as applicable, or fails to comply with its obligations pursuant to this Section 2.13; (J) if the Eligible Stockholder who has nominated such Stockholder Nominee ceases to be an Eligible Stockholder for any reason, including, but not limited to, not Owning the Required Shares through the date of the annual meeting; or (K) if such Stockholder Nominee and the Eligible Stockholder (or a representative thereof) or, in the case of a nomination by a group of stockholders, the representative designated by the group in accordance with Section 2.13(h)(iii), do not appear at the annual meeting to, applicable, present the Stockholder Nominee for election.
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(ii)            Process Following Disqualification or Exclusion . Following any determination in accordance with Section 2.13(l)(i), (A) the Corporation will not be required to include in its proxy materials any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the applicable Eligible Stockholder or any other Eligible Stockholder; (B) to the extent feasible, the Corporation may remove the information concerning a Stockholder Nominee and any related Supporting Statement (or portion thereof) from its proxy materials or otherwise communicate to its stockholders that such Stockholder Nominee will not be eligible for election at the annual meeting; and (C) the board of directors or the person presiding at the annual meeting will declare the nomination of such Stockholder Nominee to be invalid and such nomination will be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in support of such Stockholder Nominee may have been received by the Corporation.
(m)            Filing Obligation . The Eligible Stockholder (including any person or entity who Owns shares of common stock of the Corporation that constitute part of the Ownership of such Eligible Stockholder for purposes of meeting the Required Shares) must file with the SEC any solicitation of the Corporation's stockholders relating to the annual meeting at which the Stockholder Nominee will be nominated, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act (or any successor rule) or whether any exemption from filing is available for such solicitation under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act.
(n)            Omitted Disclosure by the Corporation . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.13, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Supporting Statement (or portion thereof) that it, in good faith, believes (i) is not true in all material respects or omits a material statement necessary to make such information or Supporting Statement (or portion thereof) not misleading; (ii) directly or indirectly impugns the character, integrity or personal reputation of, or directly or indirectly makes charges concerning improper, illegal or immoral conduct or associations, without factual foundation, with respect to, any person; or (iii) violates any applicable law, rule, regulation or listing standard.
(o)            No Limitation on the Corporation . Nothing in this Section 2.13 will limit the Corporation's ability to (i) solicit against any Stockholder Nominee; (ii) include in its proxy materials its own statements or other information relating to any Eligible Stockholder or Stockholder Nominee (including any information provided to the Corporation pursuant to this Section 2.13); or (iii) include in its proxy materials any Stockholder Nominee as a nominee of the board of directors.
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                              (p)            Exclusive Method for Proxy Access . This Section 2.13 provides the exclusive method for a stockholder to include nominees for election to the board of directors in the Corporation's proxy materials.
ARTICLE THREE:  DIRECTORS
3.1            Management .  The business and property of the Corporation shall be managed by the board of directors. Subject to the restrictions imposed by law, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws, the board of directors may exercise all the powers of the Corporation.
3.2            Number; Qualification; Election; Term .  The number of directors which shall constitute the entire board of directors shall be not less than three. The first board of directors shall consist of the number of directors named in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation or, if no directors are so named, shall consist of the number of directors elected by the incorporator(s) at an organizational meeting or by unanimous written consent in lieu thereof. Thereafter, within the limits above specified, the number of directors which shall constitute the entire board of directors shall be determined by resolution of the board of directors. Except as otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws, the directors shall be elected at an annual meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the election of directors. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors elected to succeed those whose terms are then expiring shall be elected for a full term of office expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election. Except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of any one or more series of preferred stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the corporation, the terms of the director or directors elected by such holders shall expire at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders. Each director shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be residents of Delaware or stockholders of the corporation. Each director must have attained the age of majority.
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3.3            Change in Number .  No decrease in the number of directors constituting the entire board of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.
3.4            Vacancies .  Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any vacancy or any newly-created directorship resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by the affirmative vote of two directors if there are only two directors remaining, or by the sole remaining director. Any director elected by one or more directors to fill a newly created directorship or other vacancy shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such directors shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified, or, if earlier, until his death, resignation, or removal from office. If there are no directors in office, an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. When one or more directors shall resign from the board of directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have the power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in these by-laws with respect to the filling of other vacancies.
3.5            Meetings of Directors .  The directors may hold their meetings and may have an office and keep the books of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided by statute, in such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or as shall be specified in the notice of such meeting or duly executed waiver of notice of such meeting.
3.6            First Meeting .  Each newly elected board of directors may hold its first meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of business, if a quorum is present, immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary.
3.7            [not used]
3.8            Regular Meetings .  Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. Notice of such regular meetings shall not be required.
3.9            Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or any other two directors.
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3.10            Notice .  The Secretary shall give notice of each special meeting to each director at least 24 hours before the meeting. Notice of any such meeting need not be given to any director who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a signed waiver of notice or who shall attend such meeting without protesting, prior to or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
3.11            Quorum; Majority Vote .  At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the directors fixed in the manner provided in these by-laws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the board of directors there be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present or any director solely present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. Unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws, the act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is in attendance shall be the act of the board of directors. At any time that the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation provides that directors elected by the holders of a class or series of stock shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, every reference in these by-laws to a majority or other proportion of directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of such directors.
3.12            Procedure .  At meetings of the board of directors, business shall be transacted in such order as from time to time the board of directors may determine. The Chairman of the Board, if such office has been filled, and, if not or if the Chairman of the Board is absent or otherwise unable to act, the President shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors. In the absence or inability to act of either such officer, a chairman shall be chosen by the board of directors from among the directors present. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as the secretary of each meeting of the board of directors unless the board of directors appoints another person to act as secretary of the meeting. The board of directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings which shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation.
3.13            Presumption of Assent .  A director of the Corporation who is present at the meeting of the board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with the person acting as secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward any dissent by certified or registered mail to the Secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
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3.14            Action Without a Meeting .  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if all members of the board consent thereto in writing and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the board.
3.15            Compensation .  The board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, paid to directors for attendance at regular or special meetings of the board of directors or any committee thereof; provided, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity or receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE FOUR:  COMMITTEES
4.1            Designation .  The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board of directors, designate one or more committees.
4.2            Number; Qualification; Term .  Each committee shall consist of one or more directors appointed by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board of directors. The number of committee members may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board of directors. Each committee member shall serve as such until the earliest of (i) the expiration of his term as director, (ii) his resignation as a committee member or as a director, or (iii) his removal as a committee member or as a director

4.3            Authority .  Each committee, to the extent expressly provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and property of the Corporation except to the extent expressly restricted by law, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws.
4.4            Committee Changes .  The board of directors shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, and to discharge any committee.
4.5            Alternate Members of Committees .  The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee. Any such alternate member may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. If no alternate committee members have been so appointed to a committee or each such alternate committee member is absent or disqualified, the member or members of such committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
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4.6            Regular Meetings .  Regular meetings of any committee may be held without notice at such time and place as may be designated from time to time by the committee and communicated to all members thereof.
4.7            Special Meetings .  Special meetings of any committee may be held whenever called by any committee member. The committee member calling any special meeting shall cause notice of such special meeting, including therein the time and place of such special meeting, to be given to each committee member at least two days before such special meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting of any committee need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of any special meeting.
4.8            Quorum; Majority Vote .  At meetings of any committee, a majority of the number of members designated by the board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of any committee, a majority of the members
present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. The act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is in attendance shall be the act of a committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws.
4.9            Minutes .  Each committee shall cause minutes of its proceedings to be prepared and shall report the same to the board of directors upon the request of the board of directors. The minutes of the proceedings of each committee shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation for placement in the minute books of the Corporation.
4.10            Compensation .  Committee members may, by resolution of the board of directors, be allowed a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attending any committee meetings or a stated salary.
4.11            Responsibility .  The designation of any committee and the delegation of authority to it shall not operate to relieve the board of directors or any director of any responsibility imposed upon it or such director by law.
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ARTICLE FIVE:  NOTICE
5.1            Method .  Whenever by statute, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any committee member, director, or stockholder and no provision is made as to how such notice shall be given, personal notice shall not be required and any such notice may be given (a) in writing, by mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such committee member, director, or stockholder at his address as it appears on the books or (in the case of a stockholder) the stock transfer records of the Corporation, or (b) by any other method permitted by law (including but not limited to overnight courier service, telegram, telex, or facsimile). Any notice required or permitted to be given by mail shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time when the same is deposited in the United States mail as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by overnight courier service shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time delivered to such service with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid. Any notice required or permitted to be given by telegram, telex, or telefax shall be deemed to be delivered and given at the time transmitted with all charges prepaid and addressed as aforesaid

5.2            Waiver .  Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director, or committee member of the Corporation by statute, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, or these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance of a stockholder, director, or committee member at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE SIX:  OFFICERS
6.1            Number; Titles; Term of Office
.  The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Secretary, and such other officers as the board of directors may from time to time elect or appoint, including a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, one or more Vice Presidents (with each Vice President to have such descriptive title, if any, as the board of directors shall determine), and a Treasurer. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified, until his death, or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. None of the officers need be a stockholder or a director of the Corporation or a resident of the State of Delaware.
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6.2            Removal .  Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the Corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.
6.3            Vacancies .  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation (by death, resignation, removal, or otherwise) may be filled by the board of directors.
6.4            Authority .  Officers shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as are provided in these by-laws or as may be determined by resolution of the board of directors not inconsistent with these by-laws

6.5            Compensation .  The compensation, if any, of officers and agents shall be   fixed from time to time by the board of directors; provided, however, that the board of directors may delegate the power to determine the compensation of any officer and agent (other than the officer to whom such power is delegated) to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.
6.6            Chairman of the Board .  The Chairman of the Board, if elected by the board of directors, shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors. Such officer shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors. Such officer may sign all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.
6.7            Chief Executive Officer and President
(a)            Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the board of directors to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have general executive charge, management, and control of the properties and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers with respect to such properties and operations as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities. If the board of directors has not elected a Chairman of the Board or in the absence or inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board. As between the Corporation and third parties, any action taken by the Chief Executive Officer in the performance of the duties of the Chairman of the Board shall be conclusive evidence that there is no Chairman of the Board or that the Chairman of the Board is absent or unable to act.
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(b)            Subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Chief Executive Officer, if there be such an officer, the President shall have general executive charge, management, and control of the properties and operations of the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business, with all such powers with respect to such properties and operations as may be reasonably incident to such responsibilities. He or she shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of President of a Corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or these Bylaws

(c)            If at any time the offices of Chief Executive Officer and President are not held by the same person, all references to President in these Bylaws (other than in this Article Six) shall be deemed to refer instead to the Chief Executive Officer.
6.8            Vice Presidents .  Each Vice President shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and (in order of their seniority as determined by the board of directors or, in the absence of such determination, as determined by the length of time they have held the office of Vice President) shall exercise the powers of the President during that officer's absence or inability to act unless there is a then serving Chief Executive Officer, in which case the Chief Executive Officer shall exercise the powers of the President. As between the Corporation and third parties, any action taken by a Vice President in the performance of the duties of the President shall be conclusive evidence of the absence or inability to act of the President at the time such action was taken.
6.9            Treasurer .  The Treasurer shall have custody of the Corporation's funds and securities, shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements, shall deposit all monies and valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depository or depositories as may be designated by the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President.
6.10            Assistant Treasurers .  Each Assistant Treasurer shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or the President. The Assistant Treasurers (in the order of their seniority as determined by the board of directors or, in the absence of such a determination, as determined by the length of time they have held the office of Assistant Treasurer) shall exercise the powers of the Treasurer during that officer's absence or inability to act.
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6.11            Secretary .  Except as otherwise provided in these by-laws, the Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the board of directors and of the stockholders in books provided for that purpose, and he shall attend to the giving and service of all notices. He may sign with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, in the name of the Corporation, all contracts of the Corporation and affix the seal of the
Corporation thereto. He may sign with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President all certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation, and he shall have charge of the certificate books, transfer books, and stock papers as the board of directors may direct, all of which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours. He shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of the Secretary, subject to the control of the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and the President.
6.12            Assistant Secretaries
.  Each Assistant Secretary shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the board of directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. The Assistant Secretaries (in the order of their seniority as determined by the board of directors or, in the absence of such a determination, as determined by the length of time they have held the office of Assistant Secretary) shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during that officer's absence or inability to act.
ARTICLE SEVEN:  CERTIFICATES AND SHAREHOLDERS
7.1            Certificates for Shares .  The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the board of directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the Corporation's stock shall be uncertificated shares.  Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.  Every holder of stock of the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or vice-chairperson of the board of directors, or the President or vice-president and by the Secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.  Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be by a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Corporation shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.
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7.2            Replacement of Lost or Destroyed Certificates .  The board of directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of a certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation and alleged
to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate or certificates representing shares to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond with a surety or sureties satisfactory to the Corporation in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim, or expense resulting from a claim, that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed.
7.3            Transfer of Shares .  Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws.  Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the record holder of such stock or by his or her attorney lawfully constituted in writing and, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, which shall be canceled before a new certificate shall be issued.
7.4            Registered Stockholders .  The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.
7.5            Regulations .  The board of directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient, including without limitation a requirement that a transferor furnish a legal opinion or such other evidence as is reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and its counsel that any proposed transfer of shares does not violate the registration requirements of any state or federal securities law, concerning the issue, transfer, and registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.
7.6            Legends .  The board of directors shall have the power and authority to provide that certificates representing shares of stock bear such legends as the board of directors deems appropriate to assure that the Corporation does not become liable for violations of federal or state securities laws or other applicable law
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ARTICLE EIGHT:  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
8.1            Dividends .  Subject to provisions of law and the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of stock of the Corporation. Such declaration and payment shall be at the discretion of the board of directors.
8.2            Reserves .  There may be created by the board of directors out of funds of the Corporation legally available therefor such reserve or reserves as the directors from time to time, in their discretion, consider proper to provide for contingencies, to equalize dividends, or to repair or maintain any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the board of directors shall consider beneficial to the Corporation, and the board of directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
8.3            Books and Records .  The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account, shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders and board of directors and shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of the shares held by each.
8.4            Fiscal Year .  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors; provided, that if such fiscal year is not fixed by the board of directors and the selection of the fiscal year is not expressly deferred by the board of directors, the fiscal year shall be the calendar year.
8.5            Seal .  The seal of the Corporation shall be such as from time to time may be approved by the board of directors.
8.6            Resignations .  Any director, committee member, or officer may resign by so stating at any meeting of the board of directors or by giving written notice to the board of directors, the Chairman   of the Board, the President, or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if no time is specified therein, immediately upon its receipt. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
8.7            Securities of Other Corporations
.  The Chairman of the Board, the President, or any Vice President of the Corporation shall have the power and authority to transfer, endorse for transfer, vote, consent, or take any other action with respect to any securities of another issuer which may be held or owned by the Corporation and to make, execute, and deliver any waiver, proxy, or consent with respect to any such securities.
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8.8            Telephone Meetings .  Stockholders (acting for themselves or through a proxy), members of the board of directors, and members of a committee of the board of directors may participate in and hold a meeting of such stockholders, board of directors, or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
8.9            Invalid Provisions .  If any part of these by-laws shall be held invalid or inoperative for any reason, the remaining parts, so far as it is possible and reasonable, shall remain valid and operative.
8.10            Mortgages, etc .  With respect to any deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument executed by the Corporation through its duly authorized officer or officers, the attestation to such execution by the Secretary of the Corporation shall not be necessary to constitute such deed, deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument a valid and binding obligation against the Corporation unless the resolutions, if any, of the board of directors authorizing such execution expressly state that such attestation is necessary.
8.11            Headings .  The headings used in these by-laws have been inserted for administrative convenience only and do not constitute matter to be construed in interpretation.
8.12            References .  Whenever herein the singular number is used, the same shall include the plural where appropriate, and words of any gender should include each other gender where appropriate.
8.13            Amendments .  The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation by vote of not less than a majority of the directors then in office. The holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled at the time to vote for the election of directors shall, to the extent such power is at the time conferred on them by applicable law, also have the power to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation, but only if such action receives the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the outstanding Voting Stock (as defined in the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation), voting together as a single class.
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The undersigned, the Secretary of the Corporation, hereby certifies that the foregoing by-laws were adopted by resolution of the directors of the Corporation as of January 23, 2019.


 
By:  
/s/ R. Eddie Dixon, Jr.
 
   
R. Eddie Dixon, Jr., Secretary

                  
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NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
 (Time-Based and Performance-Based)


Grant Number:            «RSU_Number»
National Instruments Corporation (the "Company") hereby grants you, «First» «Middle» «Last»   (the "Participant"), an award of restricted stock units ("Restricted Stock Units") under the National Instruments Corporation 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").  Subject to the provisions of Appendices A through C (attached) and of the Plan, the principal features of this Award are as follows:
Date of Grant :
 
_________________
Number of Time-Based Restricted Stock Units :
 
_________________
Target Number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units :
 
_________________
Vesting Commencement Date :
 
_________________
Performance Period :             
  [Date] through [Date]
Vesting of Restricted Stock Units :   Subject to any accelerated vesting provisions in the Plan or as set forth below, (i) the Time-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award listed above will be eligible to vest in accordance with the service-based vesting schedule in Appendix B and (ii) the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award listed above will be eligible to vest in accordance with the performance and service-based vesting conditions in Appendix C.
Unless otherwise defined herein or in Appendix A, capitalized terms herein or in Appendices A through C will have the defined meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.
IMPORTANT:
The Company's obligation to deliver Shares pursuant to this Award of Restricted Stock Units is subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in Appendices A through C and the Plan.  Before the Company delivers any Shares pursuant to this Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, you must click on the link to each of the documents required for acceptance, including, without limitation, the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and Appendices A through C thereto, the Plan, and the Restricted Stock Unit Award Tax Obligations (collectively, the "Award Documents") and review each.  PLEASE BE SURE TO READ APPENDICES A THROUGH C, WHICH CONTAIN THE SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD.
By clicking the "ACCEPT" button, you agree to the following:
You acknowledge and agree that:
(a)            you have been able to access and view the Award Documents and understand that all rights and obligations with respect to this Award are set forth in such documents;
(b)            you agree to all terms and conditions contained in the Award Documents;
(c)            the Award Documents set forth the entire understanding between the Company and you regarding this Award and your right to acquire Shares thereunder; and
(d)            if you are employed in or are otherwise subject to taxation in Norway, Switzerland or the United Kingdom on the date of this Award, you have previously executed an Agreement for the Transfer of Employer's Share Award Tax Liability to the Employee, and you understand that this Award is subject to the terms of the Agreement for the Transfer of Employer's Share Award Tax Liability;
(e)  if you are employed in or are otherwise subject to taxation in Malaysia on the date of this Award, you have previously executed an Agreement (Employee's Election on Income Tax with respect to Employee Stock Incentive Plan), and you understand that this Award is subject to the terms of the Agreement (Employee's Election on Income Tax with respect to Employee Stock Incentive Plan); and
(f)  you have previously executed an Employee Confidentiality Agreement as consideration for this Award.

APPENDIX A
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS
1.            Grant .  The Company hereby grants to the Participant under the Plan an Award for a number of Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, including this Appendix A, along with Appendices B and C (collectively, the "Award Agreement"), and the Plan.
2.            Company's Obligation to Pay .  Each Restricted Stock Unit represents the right to receive a Share on the date it becomes vested.  Unless and until the Restricted Stock Units will have vested in the manner set forth in Sections 3 and 4, the Participant will have no right to payment of any such Restricted Stock Units.  Prior to actual payment of any vested Restricted Stock Units, such Restricted Stock Units will represent an unsecured obligation of the Company, payable (if at all) only from the general assets of the Company.  Subject to the provisions of Section 5, such vested Restricted Stock Units will be paid in Shares as soon as practicable after vesting, but in each such case within the period ending no later than the fifteenth (15 th ) day of the third (3 rd ) month following the end of the Fiscal Year that includes the vesting date.
3.            Vesting Schedule Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5, and subject to Section 6, the Restricted Stock Units awarded by this Award Agreement will vest in the Participant according to the vesting schedule referenced in the Award Agreement.  In the event any Time-Based Restricted Stock Units have not vested by the fifteenth (15 th ) anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, the then-unvested Restricted Stock Units awarded by this Award Agreement will thereupon be forfeited at no cost to the Company and the Participant will have no further rights thereunder.
4.            Acceleration of Vesting upon Death or Disability .  In the event Participant ceases to be an Employee as the result of Participant's death or " Disability " prior to the fifteenth (15 th ) anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, 100% of the Time-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award (but not the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award) that have not vested as of such date will immediately vest .  For these purposes, "Disability" will have the meaning given to such term in the employment agreement between Participant and the Company;  provided , however , that if Participant has no employment agreement, "Disability" will mean a total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code as determined by the Administrator and in accordance with the Plan .
5.            Administrator Discretion .  The Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the vesting of the balance, or some lesser portion of the balance, of the unvested Restricted Stock Units at any time.  If so accelerated, such Restricted Stock Units will be considered as having vested as of the date specified by the Administrator .
Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or this Award Agreement to the contrary, if the vesting of the balance, or some lesser portion of the balance, of the Restricted Stock Units is accelerated in connection with Participant's termination as a Service Provider (provided that such termination is a "separation from service" within the meaning of Section 409A, as determined by the Company), other than due to death, and if (x) Participant is a "specified employee" within the meaning of Section 409A at the time of such termination as a Service Provider and (y) the payment of such accelerated Restricted Stock Units will result in the imposition of additional tax under Section 409A if paid to Participant on or within the six (6) month period following Participant's termination as a Service Provider, then the payment of such accelerated Restricted Stock Units will not be made until the date six (6) months and one (1) day following the date of Participant's termination as a Service Provider , unless the Participant dies following his or her termination as a Service Provider, in which case, the Restricted Stock Units will be paid in Shares to the Participant's estate as soon as practicable following his or her death.  It is the intent of this Award Agreement to comply with the requirements of Section 409A so that none of the Restricted Stock Units provided under this Award Agreement or Shares issuable thereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A, and any ambiguities herein will be interpreted to so comply.  Each payment payable under this Award Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2). For purposes of this Award Agreement, "Section 409A" means Section 409A of the Code, and any proposed, temporary or final Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder, as each may be amended from time to time.
6.            Forfeiture upon Termination of Continuous Service .  If Participant ceases to be an Employee for any reason, the then-unvested Restricted Stock Units (after taking into account any accelerated vesting that may occur as the result of any such termination, including under Section 4) awarded by this Award Agreement will thereupon be forfeited at no cost to the Company and the Participant will have no further rights thereunder.
7.            Payment after Vesting .  Any Restricted Stock Units that vest in accordance with Sections 3, 4 or 5 will be paid to the Participant (or in the event of the Participant's death, to his or her estate) in whole Shares, and no fractional Shares shall be issued.  As determined by the Administrator, any fraction of a Share shall be paid in cash based on the Fair Market Value of a Share.
8.            Payments after Death or Disability .  Any distribution or delivery to be made to the Participant under this Agreement will, if the Participant is then deceased or Disabled , be made to the Participant's legal representatives, heirs, legatees or distributees , as applicable .  Any such transferee must furnish the Company with (a) written notice of his or her status as transferee, and (b) evidence satisfactory to the Company to establish the validity of the transfer and compliance with any laws or regulations pertaining to said transfer.
9.            Tax Obligations
(a)            Responsibility for Taxes .  Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, Participant's employer (the "Employer"), the ultimate liability for any tax and/or social insurance liability obligations and requirements in connection with the Restricted Stock Units, including, without limitation, (1) all federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant's Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) obligation) that are required to be withheld by the Company or the Employer or other payment of tax-related items related to Participant's participation in the Plan and legally applicable to Participant, (2) the Participant's and, to the extent required by the Company (or Employer), the Company's (or Employer's) fringe benefit tax liability, if any, associated with the grant or vesting of the Restricted Stock Units or the issuance or sale of Shares, and (3) any other Company (or Employer) taxes the responsibility for which the Participant has, or has agreed to bear, with respect to the Restricted Stock Units (or the grant or vesting thereof or the issuance or sale of Shares) (collectively, the "Tax Obligations"), is and remains Participant's responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company or the Employer.  Participant further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (i) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax Obligations in connection with any aspect of the Restricted Stock Units, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting or settlement of the Restricted Stock Units, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such settlement and the receipt of any dividends or other distributions, and (ii) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Restricted Stock Units to reduce or eliminate Participant's liability for Tax Obligations or achieve any particular tax result.  Further, if Participant is subject to Tax Obligations in more than one jurisdiction between the Date of Grant and the date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, Participant acknowledges that the Company and/or the Employer (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax Obligations in more than one jurisdiction.  If Participant fails to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of any required Tax Obligations hereunder at the time of the applicable taxable event, Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Shares.
(b)            Tax Withholding . When Shares are issued as payment for vested Restricted Stock Units, Participant generally will recognize immediate U.S. taxable income if Participant is a U.S. taxpayer.  If Participant is a non-U.S. taxpayer, Participant will be subject to applicable taxes in his or her jurisdiction.  Pursuant to such procedures as the Administrator may specify from time to time, the Company and/or Employer shall withhold the minimum amount required to be withheld for the payment of Tax Obligations.  The Administrator, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit Participant to satisfy such Tax Obligations, in whole or in part (without limitation), if permissible by applicable local law, by (1) paying cash, (2) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such Tax Obligations, (3) withholding the amount of such Tax Obligations from Participant's wages or other cash compensation paid to Participant by the Company and/or the Employer, (4) delivering to the Company already vested and owned Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to such Tax Obligations, or (5) selling a sufficient number of such Shares otherwise deliverable to Participant through such means as the Company may determine in its sole discretion (whether through a broker or otherwise) equal to the amount of the Tax Obligations.  To the extent determined appropriate by the Company in its discretion, it will have the right (but not the obligation) to satisfy any Tax Obligations by reducing the number of Shares otherwise deliverable to Participant.  Further, if Participant is subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction between the Date of Grant and a date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company and/or the Employer (and/or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for tax in more than one jurisdiction. If Participant fails to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of such Tax Obligations hereunder at the time any applicable Restricted Stock Units otherwise are scheduled to vest pursuant to Sections 3 or 4, Participant will permanently forfeit such Restricted Stock Units and any right to receive Shares thereunder and the Restricted Stock Units will be returned to the Company at no cost to the Company.  Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company may refuse to deliver the Shares if such Tax Obligations are not delivered at the time they are due. Without limitation on any of the foregoing rights or remedies of Company, if Participant fails to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of such Tax Obligations hereunder at the time any applicable Restricted Stock Units otherwise are scheduled to vest pursuant to Sections 3 or 4, Company has the right, at Company's sole discretion, to sell a sufficient number of such Shares otherwise deliverable to Participant through such means as the Company may determine in its sole discretion (whether through a broker or otherwise) equal to the amount of the Tax Obligations, or to withhold otherwise deliverable Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such Tax Obligations.
10.            Participant Bears Risks of Selling Otherwise Distributable Shares to Cover Tax Obligations . If any Tax Obligations are to be satisfied by selling a sufficient number of Shares otherwise deliverable to Participant, Participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that such sales will be subject to market pricing and trade execution risks, including trading delays and timing, which could result in the sale of a greater amount of Shares than expected and at a lower price than expected, including in comparison to other market sales within same trading day or adjacent trading days; and that Participant bears all risks associated with such sales, including all market pricing and trade execution risks. Participant hereby agrees to save and hold the Company, its officers, directors and employees, harmless from any and all liabilities arising from or as a consequence of any such sales. Participant agrees that Participant will be responsible for any commissions and related costs with respect to such sales.
11.            Nature of Grant .  In accepting the award, Participant acknowledges, understands and agrees that:
(a)            the Plan is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be modified, amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time, to the extent permitted by the Plan;
(b)            the Award of Restricted Stock Units is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future awards of Restricted Stock Units, or benefits in lieu of Restricted Stock Units, even if Restricted Stock Units have been awarded in the past;
(c)            all decisions with respect to future Restricted Stock Units or other awards, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;
(d)            Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan;
(e)            the Award of Restricted Stock Units and the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units, and the income and value of same, are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;
(f)            the Award of Restricted Stock Units and the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units, and the income and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar payments;
(g)            the future value of the underlying Shares is unknown, indeterminable and cannot be predicted with certainty;
(h)            unless otherwise provided in the Plan or by the Company in its discretion, the Restricted Stock Units and the benefits evidenced by this Award Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Restricted Stock Units or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor be exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the Common Stock;
(i)            unless otherwise agreed with the Company, the Restricted Stock Units and the Shares subject to the Restricted Stock Units, and the income and value of same, are not granted as consideration for, or in connection with, the service Participant may provide as a director of a Subsidiary or affiliate of the Company; and
(j)            the following provisions apply only if Participant is providing services outside the United States:
(i)            no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Restricted Stock Units resulting from the termination of Participant as a Service Provider (for any reason whatsoever whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or the terms of Participant's employment or service agreement, if any), and in consideration of the award of the Restricted Stock Units to which Participant is otherwise not entitled, Participant irrevocably agrees never to institute any claim against the Company, the Employer or any other Parent or Subsidiary, waives his or her ability, if any, to bring any such claim, and releases the Company, the Employer or any other Parent or Subsidiary from any such claim; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, then, by participating in the Plan, Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed not to pursue such claim and agrees to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claim; and
(ii)            Participant acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company, the Employer nor any Parent or Subsidiary shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between Participant's local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of the Restricted Stock Units or of any amounts due to Participant pursuant to the settlement of the Restricted Stock Units or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired upon settlement.
12.            Data Privacy .  Participant hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of Participant's personal data as described in this Award Agreement and any other grant materials ("Data") by and among, as applicable, the Employer, the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing Participant's participation in the Plan.
Participant understands that the Company and the Employer may hold certain personal information about Participant, including, but not limited to, Participant's name; home address; telephone numbers; date of birth; age; social insurance number, social security number, taxpayer identification number and/or other identification number; tax related information; salary; salary history; nationality; job title; any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company; details of all Restricted Stock Units or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in Participant's favor; and benefit enrollment forms; for the  purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan.
Participant understands that Data will be transferred to such stock plan service provider as may be selected by the Company from time to time, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan.  Participant understands that the recipients of Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipients' country ( e.g. , the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than Participant's country.  Participant understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, he or she may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of Data by contacting his or her local human resources representative.  Participant authorizes the Company and any possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, process, retain and transfer Data, in electronic or other form, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing his or her participation in the Plan.  Participant understands that Data will be held as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage Participant's participation in the Plan.  Participant understands if he or she resides outside the United States, he or she may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing his or her local human resources representative.  Further, Participant understands that he or she is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis.  If Participant does not consent, or if Participant later seeks to revoke his or her consent, his or her employment status or service and career with the Employer will not be adversely affected thereby; the only consequence of refusing or withdrawing Participant's consent is that the Company would not be able to grant Participant Restricted Stock Units or other equity awards or administer or maintain such awards.  Therefore, Participant understands that refusing or withdrawing his or her consent may affect Participant's ability to participate in the Plan.  For more information on the consequences of Participant's refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participant understands that he or she may contact his or her local human resources representative.  Nothing in this Section 12 shall be understood as limiting or restricting any other rights of Company, including without limitation under any other consents given by Participant, to receive, possess, use, process, retain and transfer any Data.
13.            Rights as Stockholder .  Neither the Participant nor any person claiming under or through the Participant will have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares deliverable hereunder unless and until certificates representing such Shares will have been issued (including in book entry), recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and, if applicable, delivered to the Participant.
14.            No Guarantee of Continued Service .  PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE SERVICE-BASED VESTING CONDITION OF THE RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS PURSUANT TO THE VESTING SCHEDULE HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY OR THE EMPLOYER, AND NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED THIS AWARD OF RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER.  PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE VESTING PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND WILL NOT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH PARTICIPANT'S RIGHT OR THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY OR THE EMPLOYER TO TERMINATE PARTICIPANT'S RELATIONSHIP AS A SERVICE PROVIDER AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.
15.            Address for Notices .  Any notice to be given to the Company under the terms of this Agreement will be addressed to the Company at 11500 N. Mopac Expressway, Building A, Austin, Texas 78759, Attn: Stock Administrator, or at such other address as the Company may hereafter designate in writing.
16.            Grant is Not Transferable .  Except to the limited extent provided in Section 8, this grant and the rights and privileges conferred hereby will not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and will not be subject to sale under execution, attachment or similar process.  Upon any attempt to transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of this grant, or any right or privilege conferred hereby, or upon any attempted sale under any execution, attachment or similar process, this grant and the rights and privileges conferred hereby immediately will become null and void.
17.            Binding Agreement .  Subject to the limitation on the transferability of this grant contained herein, this Award Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, legatees, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
18.            Additional Conditions to Issuance of Stock .  If at any time the Company will determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory authority is necessary or desirable as a condition to the issuance of shares to the Participant (or his or her estate), such issuance will not occur unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval will have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company.  The Company will make all reasonable efforts to meet the requirements of any such state or federal law or securities exchange and to obtain any such consent or approval of any such governmental authority.
19.            Plan Governs .  This Award Agreement is subject to all terms and provisions of the Plan.  In the event of a conflict between one or more provisions of this Award Agreement and one or more provisions of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will govern.
20.            Administrator Authority .  The Administrator will have the power to interpret the Plan and this Award Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules (including, but not limited to, the determination of whether or not any Restricted Stock Units have vested).  All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith will be final and binding upon Participant, the Company and all other interested persons.  No member of the Board or its Committee administering the Plan will be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award Agreement.
21.            Country Appendix . The Restricted Stock Units are subject to any special terms and conditions for Participant's country set forth in the Country Appendix, if any, to this Award Agreement. If Participant relocates to a country included in the Appendix, the special terms and conditions for that country will apply to Participant to the extent the Company determines that applying such terms and conditions is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons.
22.            Captions .  Captions provided herein are for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Award Agreement.
23.            Agreement Severable .  In the event that any provision in this Award Agreement will be held invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be severable from, and such invalidity or unenforceability will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of this Award Agreement.

APPENDIX B
TIME-BASED VESTING CONDITIONS
Vesting of Time-Based Restricted Stock Units :  This Appendix B applies to the Time-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award Agreement.
[One-third (1/3rd) of the Time-Based Restricted Stock Units will vest on each yearly anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, subject to Participant continuing to be an Employee through such dates, and satisfying the Full-Time Employment Requirement for an Eligible Vesting Year.]
[Restricted Stock Units will not vest during any Eligible Vesting Year if for six months or more during such Eligible Vesting Year (i) Participant is on a Nonstatutory Leave of Absence, and/or (ii) Participant is not a Full-Time Employee ((i) and (ii), individually and collectively, being referred to as the "Full-Time Employment Requirement").

In the event that no Restricted Stock Units vest during an Eligible Vesting Year for failure to satisfy the Full-Time Employment Requirement (the "Forgone Annual Units"), then the Forgone Annual Units that fail to so vest will be eligible to vest in a subsequent Eligible Vesting Year during which the Full-Time Employment Requirement is satisfied; provided, however, that no more than one Eligible Vesting Year's worth of Forgone Annual Units will be able to vest in any such subsequent Eligible Vesting Year; provided, further, that any Restricted Stock Units that fail to vest hereunder by the fifteenth (15 th ) anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date will not be eligible to vest thereafter and will automatically be forfeited at no cost to the Company and the Participant will have no further rights with respect thereto.

For these purposes, an "Eligible Vesting Year" means the period between May 1 through the following April 30 of each year from the Vesting Commencement Date through the fifteenth (15 th ) anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date.

For these purposes, "Full-Time Employee" means that Participant works in a position of employment with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in which Participant is regularly scheduled to work forty (40) or more hours per week or a normal full-time work week pursuant to Applicable Law.

For these purposes, "Nonstatutory Leave of Absence" means any unpaid leave of absence approved by the Company that the Company is not required to provide to Participant pursuant to Applicable Law.]

APPENDIX C
PERFORMANCE-BASED VESTING CONDITIONS
Performance-Based Vesting Conditions.  This Appendix B applies to the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to this Award Agreement.
TSR Relative to the Index Group .  Except as provided under "Change in Control" below, the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (if any) eligible to vest will be determined based on the how the Company's Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") ranks in comparison to the TSRs of the companies that comprise the Russell 2000 Index (the "Index Group") during the Performance Period.  The Performance Period will be the period beginning on [DATE] and ending on [DATE].  At the end of the Performance Period, the Participant will vest in the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units as determined based on achievement of the TSR performance condition, provided that the Participant remains an Employee through the end of the Performance Period.  The number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that vest may range from zero percent (0%) to two hundred percent (200%) of the Target Number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, depending on actual performance.
The percentage of the Target Number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units eligible to vest (if any) will be determined by multiplying the Applicable Percentage by the Target Number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units.  The Applicable Percentage will be determined as follows:

Company TSR Percentile Rank within the Index Group
 
Applicable Percentage
 
Below 25th percentile
0%
25th percentile
55th percentile
50%
100%
65 th percentile
80th percentile or higher
150%
200%
   
If the Company's TSR ranks at the 55 th percentile of the Index Group, 100% of the Target Number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units will be eligible to vest.  If the TSR percentile rank achieved by the Company is below the 55 th percentile of the Index Group, but above the 25 th percentile, the Applicable Percentage will decrease by 1.66% for each percentile rank below the 55 th percentile.  For example, if the Company's TSR ranks at the 40 th percentile of the Index Group, then the Applicable Percentage will be calculated as 100% - ((55‑40)*1.66)% = 75%.  If the Company's TSR percentile rank relative to the Index Group is above the 55 th percentile but below the 65 th percentile, for each percentile rank above the 55th percentile, the Applicable Percentage will increase by 5%.  For example, if the Company's TSR ranks at the 60 th percentile of the Index Group, the Applicable Percentage will be calculated as 100% + ((60‑55)*5)% = 125%.  If the Company's TSR percentile rank relative to the Index Group is above the 65 th percentile but below the 80 th percentile, for each percentile rank above the 65 th percentile, the Applicable Percentage will increase by 3.33%.  For example, if the Company's TSR ranks at the 70 th percentile of the Index Group, the Applicable Percentage will be calculated as 150% + ((70‑65)*3.33)% = 167 (166.5% rounded to the nearest whole number).   In no event shall the Applicable Percentage exceed 200%.  Percentile ranks will be rounded to the nearest whole number.  The number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units eligible to vest (if any) will be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.
For purposes of the TSR calculations, the following additional rules shall apply.  TSR will be calculated as change in share price as reported on the applicable exchange, including reinvestment of dividends (assuming dividend reinvestment on the ex-dividend date).  The beginning and ending prices for each share (including the Company's) will be the simple average of the daily closing prices for that share of stock during the thirty (30) trading day period immediately preceding and ending on the relevant date as reported on the applicable market.  Appropriate adjustments in the TSR calculations shall be made to reflect stock dividends, splits and other transactions affecting the various shares of stock, as determined by the Administrator.  Companies that are added to the Russell 2000 Index after the beginning of the Performance Period and companies that cease to be publicly-traded before the end of the Performance Period shall not be considered as part of the Index Group.  Companies that remain publicly-traded as of the end of the Performance Period but that cease to be part of the Russell 2000 Index will be included in the Index Group.
All determinations regarding TSR performance and the Applicable Percentage shall be made by the Administrator in its sole discretion and all such determinations shall be final and binding on all parties.  Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that vest, if any, will be paid on or as soon as practicable following the date on which the Administrator certifies in writing the Company's TSR percentile rank relative to the Index Group, provided that if such date is not within an open trading window under the Company's Insider Trading Policy, the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units will be paid on the next day that is within an open trading window under such policy, provided the payment date shall be no later than the fifteenth (15 th ) day of the third (3 rd ) month following the end of the Fiscal Year that includes the vesting date .  Administrator performance certification shall be made no later than thirty days following the end of the Performance Period.
Change in Control .  If the Participant remains an Employee through the date of a Change in Control, and the Change in Control occurs before the last day of the Performance Period, the following rules will apply.  Rather than being determined based on the Company's TSR relative to the Index Group during the Performance Period, the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units eligible to vest will equal 100% of the Target Number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units.  The number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units so determined will be scheduled to vest in equal monthly installments following the Change in Control over the remainder of the original (three-year) Performance Period, subject to Participant remaining an Employee through each such vesting date.  For avoidance of doubt, the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units eligible to vest under this paragraph will immediately accelerate vesting pursuant to the terms of Section 10(c) of the Plan if such Awards are not assumed or substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of the successor corporation in connection with a Change in Control.
Termination of Employment .  If the Participant ceases to be an Employee for any or no reason (including death or Disability) before Participant vests in the right to receive the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units subject to this Appendix C, the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units and the Participant's right to acquire any Shares hereunder will immediately terminate without any consideration being paid to the Participant.  For avoidance of doubt, if Participant's Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units are assumed or substituted in connection with a Change in Control, Participant will be entitled to vesting acceleration in the event of a termination without Cause within twenty-four (24) months following the Change in Control as provided in Section 10(c) of the Plan.