As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2009
Registration No. 333-_____
 
 
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
INTUIT INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
  77-0034661
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2700 Coast Avenue
Mountain View, California 94043

(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
Intuit Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
Intuit Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the Plan)
 
Laura A. Fennell, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Intuit Inc.
2700 Coast Avenue
Mountain View, California 94043
(650) 944-6000

(Name and Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer  þ Accelerated filer  o  
Non-accelerated filer  o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company  o
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                 
 
  Title of securities     Amount to be     Proposed maximum     Proposed maximum     Amount of registration  
  to be registered     Registered     Offering price per share     aggregate offering price     fee  
 
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
    12,000,000 shares(1)     $29.275 (2)     $351,300,000 (2)     $ 19,602.54    
 
 
(1)   Represents 9,000,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, available for issuance under the Intuit Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and 3,000,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, available for issuance under the Intuit Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, both as amended by the Registrant’s stockholders on December 15, 2009. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Registrant’s common stock in respect of the securities identified in the above table by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
 
(2)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant’s common stock as reported on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 8, 2009, which was $29.275.
 
 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
          This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is filed by Intuit Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Registrant”) relating to the registration of (i) 9,000,000 additional shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) issuable to eligible persons under the Intuit Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Incentive Plan”) and (ii) 3,000,000 additional shares of its Common Stock issuable to eligible persons under the Intuit Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “ESPP”). The Registrant previously filed the following registration statements (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”) relating to shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable under (i) the Incentive Plan: Commission File No. 333-121170 filed on December 10, 2004, Commission File No. 333-130453, filed on December 19, 2005, Commission File No. 333-139452 filed on December 18, 2006, Commission File No. 333-148112 filed on December 17, 2007, and Commission File No. 333-156205 filed on December 17, 2008; and (ii) the ESPP: Commission File No. 333-112140 filed on January 23, 2004 and Commission File No. 333-139452 filed on December 18, 2006. The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective and the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except as amended hereby.
PART I: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION
          Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
          Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
          The following documents of the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated herein by reference:
  (a)   The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2009;
 
  (b)   All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report referred to in (a) above, except for any document or current report furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K; and
 
  (c)   The Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 4, 1993 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant’s Common Stock.
     All documents that the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all of the shares of Common Stock offered have been sold or which deregisters all of such shares then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents; except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. For the purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
          Not applicable.

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ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
          Laura A. Fennell, Esq., Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company, will pass upon the validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered by this Registration Statement. As of November 30, 2009, Ms. Fennell held 15,623 shares of the Company’s common stock, options to purchase 365,000 shares of Common Stock (of which 274,441 shares are exercisable within the next 60 days), and 69,277 restricted stock units (4,161 of which are vested or will vest in the next 60 days).
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
          As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care to the fullest extent of the law. In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant’s Bylaws provide that:
  the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers and persons serving in such capacities in other business enterprises (including, for example, its subsidiaries) at the request of the Registrant, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law;
 
  the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding (except that it is not required to advance expenses to a person against whom the Registrant brings a claim for breach of the duty of loyalty, failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violation of law or deriving an improper personal benefit);
 
  the rights conferred in the Registrant’s Bylaws are not exclusive, and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with its directors, officers and employees; and
 
  the Registrant may not retroactively amend the Registrant’s Bylaw provisions in a way that is adverse to such directors, officers.
          The Registrant’s policy is to enter into indemnity agreements with each of its and its subsidiaries’ directors and officers. The agreements provide that the Registrant will indemnify its directors and officers under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant’s Bylaws. In addition, the indemnity agreements provide that the Registrant will advance expenses (including attorney’s fees) and settlement amounts actually and reasonably incurred by the directors and officers in any action or proceeding, including any derivative action by or in the right of the Registrant, on account of their services as directors or officers of the Registrant or as directors or officers of any other company or enterprise when they are serving in such capacities at the request of the Registrant. The Registrant will not be obligated pursuant to the agreements to indemnify or advance expenses to an indemnified party with respect to proceedings or claims initiated by the indemnified party and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings specifically authorized by the Registrant’s Board of Directors or brought to enforce a right to indemnification under the indemnity agreement, the Registrant’s Bylaws, charter documents of the Registrant or any of its subsidiaries or any statute or law. Under the indemnity agreements, the Registrant is not obligated to indemnify the indemnified party:
  for any expenses incurred by the indemnified party with respect to any proceeding instituted by the indemnified party to enforce or interpret the agreement, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that each of the material assertions made by the indemnified party in such proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous;
 
  for any amounts paid in settlement of a proceeding unless the Registrant consents in advance in writing to such settlement;
 
  with respect to any proceeding brought by the Registrant against the indemnified party for willful misconduct, unless a court determines that each of such claims was not made in good faith or was frivolous;
 
  on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against the indemnified party for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by the indemnified party of securities of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and related laws;

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  on account of the indemnified party’s conduct which is finally adjudged to have been knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest, or to constitute willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the law; or
 
  if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful.
          The indemnification provision in the Registrant’s Bylaws, and the indemnity agreements entered into between the Registrant and its directors and executive officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant’s officers and directors for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
          The indemnity agreements with the Registrant’s officers and directors require the Registrant to maintain director and officer liability insurance to the extent reasonably available. The Registrant currently maintains a director and officer liability insurance policy.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
          Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
          Unless otherwise indicated below as being incorporated by reference to another filing of Intuit Inc. with the Commission, each of the following exhibits is filed herewith:
                     
        Filed    
        with this   Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit No.   Exhibit Description   Form S-8   Form   File No.   Date Filed
5.01
  Opinion of Counsel   X            
23.01
  Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01)   X            
23.02
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   X            
24.01
  Power of Attorney (see pages 7 and 8)   X            
99.01+
  Intuit Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through December 15, 2009   X            
99.02+
  Intuit Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through December 15, 2009   X            
 
+   Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement.
provided, however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 and Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on December 15, 2009.
         
  INTUIT INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ R. Neil Williams    
    R. Neil Williams   
    Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY
     By signing this Form S-8 below, I hereby appoint each of Brad D. Smith and R. Neil Williams as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
Principal Executive Officer:
       
 
       
/s/ BRAD D. SMITH
 
Brad D. Smith
  Chief Executive Officer,
President and Director
  December 15, 2009
 
       
Principal Financial Officer
       
 
/s/ R. NEIL WILLIAMS
 
R. Neil Williams
  Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
  December 15, 2009
 
       
Principal Accounting Officer:
       
 
/s/ JEFFREY P. HANK
 
Jeffrey P. Hank
  Vice President,
Corporate Controller
  December 15, 2009
 
       
Additional Directors:
       
 
/s/ DAVID H. BATCHELDER
 
David H. Batchelder
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ CHRISTOPHER W. BRODY
 
Christopher W. Brody
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL
 
William V. Campbell
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ SCOTT D. COOK
 
Scott D. Cook
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ DIANE B. GREENE
 
Diane B. Greene
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ MICHAEL R. HALLMAN
 
Michael R. Hallman
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ EDWARD A. KANGAS
 
Edward A. Kangas
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ SUZANNE NORA JOHNSON
 
Suzanne Nora Johnson
  Director   December 15, 2009

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/s/ DENNIS D. POWELL
 
Dennis D. Powell
  Director   December 15, 2009
 
       
/s/ STRATTON D. SCLAVOS
 
Stratton D. Sclavos
  Director   December 15, 2009

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit Description
5.01
  Opinion of Counsel
23.01
  Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.01
  Power of Attorney (see pages 7-8)
99.01+
  Intuit Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through December 15, 2009
99.02+
  Intuit Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended through December 15, 2009
 
+   Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

 

Exhibit 5.01
[INTUIT INC. LETTERHEAD]
December 15, 2009
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
Subject: Intuit Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is provided in connection with a Form S-8 Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) being filed by Intuit Inc. (the “Company”) on or about December 15, 2009. The Registration Statement relates to the registration of 12,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”). Up to 9,000,000 of such Shares (the “EIP Shares”) have been reserved for issuance under the Company’s 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as adopted on December 9, 2004 and amended on December 16, 2005, December 15, 2006, December 14, 2007, December 16, 2008, and December 15, 2009 (the “EIP Plan”) and up to 3,000,000 of such Shares (the “the “ESPP Shares”) have been reserved for issuance under the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as adopted on October 7, 1996 and amended through December 15, 2009 (the “ESPP”), collectively, the “Plans”.
For purposes of this opinion, I have examined copies of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, (iii) the Company’s Bylaws, as amended to date, (iv) the Plans, and (v) resolutions of the Board of Directors and records of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company relating to adoption and approval of the Plans. In rendering the opinion expressed herein, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, instruments and certificates purporting to be originals, the conformity with the original documents, instruments and certificates of all documents, instruments and certificates purporting to be copies, and the legal capacity to sign of all individuals executing documents, instruments and certificates. I have also assumed that all Shares will be issued pursuant to the Plan for a purchase price of not less than $0.01 per share.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing and the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, I am of the opinion that the EIP Shares and the ESPP Shares that may be issued by the Company pursuant to the applicable Plan, when issued and paid for in accordance with the applicable Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit thereby that I come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
         
Very truly yours,
 
 
/s/ LAURA A. FENNELL    
Laura A. Fennell   
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Intuit Inc. 
 

 

         
Exhibit 23.02
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Intuit Inc. of our reports dated September 15, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Intuit Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended July 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Intuit Inc., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
San Jose, California
December 11, 2009

 

Exhibit 99.01
INTUIT INC.
2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended on December 15, 2009)
      1. PURPOSE . The purpose of the Plan is to provide incentives to attract, retain and motivate eligible persons whose present and potential contributions are important to the success of the Company, its Parent or Subsidiaries by offering them an opportunity to participate in the Company’s future performance through awards of Options, Restricted Stock, Stock Bonuses, Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) and Restricted Stock Units. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 26.
      2. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
          2.1 Number of Shares Available . Subject to Sections 2.2 and 21, 65,000,000 Shares are available for grant and issuance under the Plan. Shares that are subject to: (a) issuance upon exercise of an Option or SAR granted under this Plan but cease to be subject to the Option or SAR for any reason other than exercise of the Option; (b) an Award granted under this Plan but are forfeited or are repurchased by the Company at the original issue price; or (c) an Award granted under this Plan that otherwise terminates without Shares being issued, will return to the pool of Shares available for grant and issuance under this Plan. In any fiscal year of the Company no more than fifty percent (50%) of the Shares subject to Awards granted in such fiscal year may have an Exercise Price or Purchase Price per Share that is less than Fair Market Value on the applicable date of grant. In order that ISOs may be granted under this Plan, no more than 65,000,000 shares shall be issued as ISOs. The Company may issue Shares which are authorized but unissued or treasury shares pursuant to the Awards granted under this Plan. At all times the Company will reserve and keep available a sufficient number of Shares to satisfy the requirements of all outstanding Options and SARs granted under the Plan and all other outstanding but unvested Awards granted under the Plan.
          2.2 Adjustment of Shares . If the number of outstanding Shares is changed by a stock dividend, recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, subdivision, combination, reclassification, extraordinary dividend of cash or stock or similar change in the capital structure of the Company, without consideration, then (a) the number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan and the limits that are set forth in Section 2.1; (b) the Exercise Prices of and number of Shares subject to outstanding Options and SARs; (c) the number of Shares subject to other outstanding Awards; (d) the 4,000,000 and 6,000,000 maximum number of shares that may be issued to an individual in any one calendar year set forth in Section 3; and (e) the number of Shares that are granted as Awards to Non-Employee Directors as set forth in Section 10, will be proportionately adjusted, subject to any required action by the Board or the stockholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities laws; provided that fractions of a Share will not be issued but will either be replaced by a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of such fraction of a Share or will be rounded up to the nearest whole Share, as determined by the Committee; and provided further that the Exercise Price of any Option may not be decreased to below the par value of the Shares.
      3. ELIGIBILITY . ISOs may be granted only to employees (including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary. All other Awards may be granted to employees (including officers and directors who are also employees), Non-Employee Directors and consultants of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary; provided that such consultants, contractors and advisors render bona fide services not in connection with the offer and sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction. The Committee (or its designee under 4.1(c)) will from time to time determine and designate among the eligible persons who will be granted one or more Awards under the Plan. A person may be granted more than one Award under the Plan. However, no person will be eligible to receive more than 4,000,000 Shares issuable under Awards granted in any calendar year, other than new employees of the Company or of a Parent or Subsidiary (including new employees who are also officers and directors of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary), who are eligible to receive up to a maximum of 6,000,000 Shares issuable under Awards granted in the calendar year in which they commence their employment.

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      4. ADMINISTRATION.
          4.1 Committee Authority . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee or by the Board acting as the Committee. Except for the automatic grant of Awards to Non-Employee Directors pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and subject to the general purposes, terms and conditions of the Plan, the Committee will have full power to implement and carry out the Plan. Without limiting the previous sentence, the Committee will have the authority to:
  (a)   construe and interpret the Plan, any Award Agreement and any other agreement or document executed pursuant to the Plan;
 
  (b)   prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan or any Award, including determining the subplans, forms and agreements used in connection with the Plan; provided that the Committee may delegate to the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the officer in charge of Human Resources, in consultation with the General Counsel, the authority to approve revisions to the forms and agreements used in connection with the Plan that are designed to facilitate Plan administration both domestically and abroad, and that are not inconsistent with the Plan or with any resolutions of the Committee relating to the Plan;
 
  (c)   select persons to receive Awards; provided that the Committee may delegate to one or more Executive Officers (who would also be considered “officers” under Delaware law) the authority to grant an Award under the Plan to Participants who are not Insiders;
 
  (d)   determine the terms of Awards;
 
  (e)   determine the number of Shares or other consideration subject to Awards;
 
  (f)   determine whether Awards will be granted singly, in combination, or in tandem with, in replacement of, or as alternatives to, other Awards under the Plan or any other incentive or compensation plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary;
 
  (g)   grant waivers of Plan or Award conditions;
 
  (h)   determine the vesting, exercisability, transferability, and payment of Awards;
 
  (i)   correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement;
 
  (j)   determine whether an Award has been earned;
 
  (k)   amend the Plan; or
 
  (l)   make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan.
          4.2 Committee Interpretation and Discretion . Any determination made by the Committee with respect to any Award pursuant to Section 4.1 above shall be made in its sole discretion at the time of grant of the Award or, unless in contravention of any express term of the Plan or Award, at any later time, and such determination shall be final and binding on the Company and all persons having an interest in any Award under the Plan. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be submitted by the Participant or Company to the Committee for review. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be final and binding on the Company and Participant. The Committee may delegate to one or more Executive Officers, the authority to review and resolve disputes with respect to Awards held by Participants who are not Insiders, and such resolution shall be final and binding on the Company and Participant. Notwithstanding any provision of the

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Plan to the contrary, administration of the Plan shall at all times be limited by the requirement that any administrative action or exercise of discretion shall be void (or suitably modified when possible) if necessary to avoid the application to any Participant of immediate taxation and/or tax penalties under Section 409A of the Code.
      5. OPTIONS . The Committee may grant Options to eligible persons and will determine (a) whether the Options will be ISOs or NQSOs; (b) the number of Shares subject to the Option, (c) the Exercise Price of the Option, (d) the period during which the Option may be exercised, and (e) all other terms and conditions of the Option, subject to the provisions of this Section 5 and the Plan.
          5.1 Form of Option Grant . Each Option granted under the Plan will be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement that will expressly identify the Option as an ISO or NQSO. The Stock Option Agreement will be substantially in a form and contain such provisions (which need not be the same for each Participant) that the Committee or an officer of the Company (pursuant to Section 4.1(b)) has from time to time approved, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
          5.2 Date of Grant . The date of grant of an Option will be the date on which the Committee makes the determination to grant the Option, unless a later date is otherwise specified by the Committee. The Stock Option Agreement, and a copy of the Plan and the current Prospectus for the Plan (plus any additional documents required to be delivered under applicable laws), will be delivered to the Participant within a reasonable time after the Option is granted. The Stock Option Agreement, Plan, the Prospectus and other documents may be delivered in any manner (including electronic distribution or posting) that meets applicable legal requirements.
          5.3 Exercise Period and Expiration Date . An Option will be exercisable within the times or upon the occurrence of events determined by the Committee and set forth in the Stock Option Agreement governing such Option, subject to the provisions of Section 5.6, and subject to Company policies established by the Committee (or by individuals to whom the Committee has delegated responsibility) from time to time with respect to vesting during leaves of absences. The Stock Option Agreement shall set forth the last date that the Option may be exercised (the “ Expiration Date ”); provided that no Option will be exercisable after the expiration of seven years from the date the Option is granted; and provided further that no ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder will be exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date the Option is granted. The Committee also may provide for Options to become exercisable at one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise (including, without limitation, upon the attainment during a Performance Period of performance goals based on Performance Factors), in such number of Shares or percentage of Shares subject to the Option as the Committee determines.
          5.4 Exercise Price . The Exercise Price of an Option will be determined by the Committee when the Option is granted and, subject to the limit of Section 2.1, may not be less than 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of grant); provided in addition, that the Exercise Price of any ISO granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder will not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant; provided, however, that the Exercise Price with respect to an Option that is granted in connection with a merger or other acquisition as a substitute or replacement award for options held by optionees of the acquired entity may be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date such Option is granted if such Exercise Price is based on a formula set forth in the terms of the options held by such optionees or in the terms of the agreement providing for such merger or other acquisition. Payment for the Shares purchased must be made in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan and the Stock Option Agreement.
          5.5 Procedures for Exercise . A Participant or Authorized Transferee may exercise Options by following the procedures established by the Company’s Stock Administration Department, as communicated and made available to Participants through the stock pages on the Intuit Legal Department intranet web site, and/or through the Company’s electronic mail system.
          5.6 Termination .
     (a)  Vesting . Any Option granted to a Participant will cease to vest on the Participant’s Termination Date, if the Participant is Terminated for any reason other than “total disability” (as defined in this Section 5.6(a)) or death. Any Option granted to a Participant who is an employee who has been actively employed by the Company or

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any Subsidiary for one year or more or who is a director, will vest as to 100% of the Shares subject to such Option, if the Participant is Terminated due to “total disability” or death. For purposes of this Section 5.6(a), “total disability” shall mean: (i) (A) for so long as such definition is used for purposes of the Company’s group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment plan or group long term disability plan, that the Participant is unable to perform each of the material duties of any gainful occupation for which the Participant is or becomes reasonably fitted by training, education or experience and which total disability is in fact preventing the Participant from engaging in any employment or occupation for wage or profit; or, (B) if such definition has changed, such other definition of “total disability” as determined under the Company’s group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment plan or group long term disability plan; and (ii) the Company shall have received from the Participant’s primary physician a certification that the Participant’s total disability is likely to be permanent. Any Option held by an employee who is Terminated by the Company, or any Subsidiary or Parent within one year following the date of a Corporate Transaction, will immediately vest as to such number of Shares as the Participant would have been vested in twelve months after the date of Termination had the Participant remained employed for that twelve month period.
     (b)  Post-Termination Exercise Period . Following a Participant’s Termination, the Participant’s Option may be exercised to the extent vested as set forth in Section 5.6(a):
          (i) no later than 90 days after the Termination Date if a Participant is Terminated for any reason except death or Disability, unless a longer time period, not exceeding five years, is specifically set forth in the Participant’s Stock Option Agreement; provided that no Option may be exercised after the Expiration Date of the Option; or
          (ii) no later than (A) twelve months after the Termination Date in the case of Termination due to Disability or (B) eighteen months after the Termination Date in the case of Termination due to death or if a Participant dies within three months of the Termination Date, unless a longer time period, not exceeding five years, is specifically set forth in the Participant’s Stock Option Agreement; provided that no Option may be exercised after the Expiration Date of the Option.
          5.7 Limitations on Exercise . The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of Shares that may be purchased on any exercise of an Option; provided that the minimum number will not prevent a Participant from exercising an Option for the full number of Shares for which it is then exercisable.
          5.8 Limitations on ISOs . The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of grant) of Shares with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under the Plan or under any other incentive stock option plan of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary) shall not exceed $100,000. If the Fair Market Value of Shares on the date of grant with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year exceeds $100,000, the Options for the first $100,000 worth of Shares to become exercisable in that calendar year will be ISOs, and the Options for the Shares with a Fair Market Value in excess of $100,000 that become exercisable in that calendar year will be NQSOs. If the Code is amended to provide for a different limit on the Fair Market Value of Shares permitted to be subject to ISOs, such different limit shall be automatically incorporated into the Plan and will apply to any Options granted after the effective date of the Code’s amendment.
          5.9 Notice of Disqualifying Dispositions of Shares Acquired on Exercise of an ISO . If a Participant sells or otherwise disposes of any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an ISO on or before the later of (a) the date two years after the Date of Grant, and (b) the date one year after the exercise of the ISO (in either case, a “ Disqualifying Disposition ”), the Company may require the Participant to immediately notify the Company in writing of such Disqualifying Disposition.
          5.10 Modification, Extension or Renewal . The Committee may modify, extend or renew outstanding Options and authorize the grant of new Options in substitution therefor; provided that any such action may not, without the written consent of Participant, impair any of Participant’s rights under any Option previously granted; and provided, further that without stockholder approval, the modified, extended, renewed or new Option may not have a lower Exercise Price than the outstanding Option. Any outstanding ISO that is modified, extended,

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renewed or otherwise altered shall be treated in accordance with Section 424(h) of the Code. The Committee may reduce the Exercise Price of outstanding Options without the consent of Participants affected, by a written notice to them; provided, however, that unless prior stockholder approval is secured, the Exercise Price may not be reduced below that of the outstanding Option.
          5.11 No Disqualification . Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan, no term of the Plan relating to ISOs will be interpreted, amended or altered, and no discretion or authority granted under the Plan will be exercised, so as to disqualify the Plan under Section 422 of the Code or, without the consent of the Participant affected, to disqualify any ISO under Section 422 of the Code.
      6. RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS.
          6.1 Awards of Restricted Stock . A Restricted Stock Award is an offer by the Company to sell to an eligible person Shares that are subject to restrictions. The Committee will determine to whom an offer will be made, the number of Shares the person may purchase, the Purchase Price, the restrictions under which the Shares will be subject and all other terms and conditions of the Restricted Stock Award, subject to the following:
          6.2 Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement . All purchases under a Restricted Stock Award will be evidenced by a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, which will be in substantially a form (which need not be the same for each Participant) that the Committee or an officer of the Company (pursuant to Section 4.1(b)) has from time to time approved, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. A Participant accepts a Restricted Stock Award by signing and delivering to the Company a Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement with full payment of the Purchase Price, within thirty days from the date the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement was delivered to the Participant. If the Participant does not accept the Restricted Stock Award within thirty days, then the offer of the Restricted Stock Award will terminate, unless the Committee determines otherwise.
          6.3 Purchase Price . The Purchase Price for a Restricted Stock Award will be determined by the Committee and, subject to the limit of Section 2.1, may be less than Fair Market Value (but not less than the par value of the Shares) on the date the Restricted Stock Award is granted. Payment of the Purchase Price must be made in accordance with Section 11 of the Plan and the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, and in accordance with any procedures established by the Company’s Stock Administration Department, as communicated and made available to Participants through the stock pages on the Intuit Legal Department intranet web site, and/or through the Company’s electronic mail system.
          6.4 Terms of Restricted Stock Awards . Restricted Stock Awards will be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose. These restrictions may be based on completion of a specified number of years of service with the Company or upon completion of the performance goals based on Performance Factors during any Performance Period as set out in advance in the Participant’s Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement. Prior to the grant of a Restricted Stock Award, the Committee shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for the Restricted Stock Award; (b) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure performance goals, if any; and (c) determine the number of Shares that may be awarded to the Participant. Prior to the payment for Shares to be purchased under any Restricted Stock Award, the Committee shall determine the extent to which such Restricted Stock Award has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and a Participant may participate simultaneously with respect to Restricted Stock Awards that are subject to different Performance Periods and having different performance goals and other criteria.
          6.5 Termination During Performance Period . If a Participant is Terminated during a Performance Period or vesting period, for any reason, then such Participant will be entitled to payment (whether in Shares, cash or otherwise) with respect to the Restricted Stock Award only to the extent earned as of the date of Termination in accordance with the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement, unless the Committee will determine otherwise.

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      7. STOCK BONUS AWARDS.
          7.1 Awards of Stock Bonuses . A Stock Bonus Award is an award to an eligible person of Shares (which may consist of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units) for services to be rendered or for past services already rendered to the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary. All Stock Bonus Awards shall be made pursuant to a Stock Bonus Agreement, which shall be in substantially a form (which need not be the same for each Participant) that the Committee or an officer of the Company (pursuant to Section 4.1(b)) has from time to time approved, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. No payment will be required for Shares awarded pursuant to a Stock Bonus Award, but the number of Shares awarded is subject to the limit of Section 2.1.
          7.2 Terms of Stock Bonus Awards . The Committee will determine the number of Shares to be awarded to the Participant under a Stock Bonus Award and any restrictions thereon. These restrictions may be based upon completion of a specified number of years of service with the Company or upon satisfaction of performance goals based on Performance Factors during any Performance Period as set out in advance in the Participant’s Stock Bonus Agreement. If the Stock Bonus Award is to be earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals, the Committee shall: (a) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for the Stock Bonus Award; (b) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure performance goals; and (c) determine the number of Shares that may be awarded to the Participant. Prior to the issuance of any Shares or other payment to a Participant pursuant to a Stock Bonus Award, the Committee will determine the extent to which the Stock Bonus Award has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and a Participant may participate simultaneously with respect to Stock Bonus Awards that are subject to different Performance Periods and different performance goals and other criteria. The number of Shares may be fixed or may vary in accordance with such performance goals and criteria as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee may adjust the performance goals applicable to a Stock Bonus Award to take into account changes in law and accounting or tax rules and to make such adjustments as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to reflect the impact of extraordinary or unusual items, events or circumstances to avoid windfalls or hardships.
          7.3 Form of Payment to Participant . The Committee will determine whether the earned portion of a Stock Bonus Award will be paid to the Participant currently or on a deferred basis with such interest or dividend equivalent, if any, as the Committee may determine. To the extent permissible under law, the Committee may also permit a Participant to defer payment under a Stock Bonus Award to a date or dates after the Stock Bonus Award is earned provided that the terms of the Stock Bonus Award and any deferral satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and provided further that payout shall not be deferred beyond March 15 of the year following the year of vesting unless a deferral election in compliance with Section 409A of the Code has been made. Payment may be made in the form of cash, whole Shares, or a combination thereof, based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares earned under a Stock Bonus Award on the date of payment, and in either a lump sum payment or in installments.
          7.4 Termination of Participant . In the event of a Participant’s Termination during a Performance Period or vesting period, for any reason, then such Participant will be entitled to payment (whether in Shares, cash or otherwise) with respect to the Stock Bonus Award only to the extent earned as of the date of Termination in accordance with the Stock Bonus Agreement, unless the Committee determines otherwise.
      8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.
          8.1 Awards of SARs . A Stock Appreciation Right (“ SAR ”) is an award to an eligible person that may be settled in cash, or Shares (which may consist of Restricted Stock), having a value equal to the value determined by multiplying the difference between the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise over the Exercise Price and the number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is being settled. The SAR may be granted for services to be rendered or for past services already rendered to the Company, or any Parent or Subsidiary. All SARs shall be made pursuant to a SAR Agreement, which shall be in substantially a form (which need not be the same for each Participant) that the Committee or an officer of the Company (pursuant to Section 4.1(b)) has from time to time approved, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.

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          8.2 Terms of SARs . The Committee will determine the terms of a SAR including, without limitation: (a) the number of Shares deemed subject to the SAR; (b) the Exercise Price and the time or times during which the SAR may be settled; (c) the consideration to be distributed on settlement of the SAR; and (d) the effect on each SAR of the Participant’s Termination. The Exercise Price of the SAR will be determined by the Committee when the SAR is granted and, subject to the limit of Section 2.1, may not be less than 100% of Fair Market Value. A SAR may be awarded upon satisfaction of such performance goals based on Performance Factors during any Performance Period as are set out in advance in the Participant’s individual SAR Agreement. If the SAR is being earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals, then the Committee will: (x) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for each SAR; and (y) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure the performance, if any. Prior to settlement of any SAR earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals pursuant to a SAR Agreement, the Committee shall determine the extent to which such SAR has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and Participants may participate simultaneously with respect to SARs that are subject to different performance goals and other criteria. The Exercise Price of an outstanding SAR may not be reduced without stockholder approval.
          8.3 Exercise Period and Expiration Date . A SAR will be exercisable within the times or upon the occurrence of events determined by the Committee and set forth in the SAR Agreement governing such SAR. The SAR Agreement shall set forth the last date that the SAR may be exercised (the “ Expiration Date ”); provided that no SAR will be exercisable after the expiration of seven years from the date the SAR is granted. The Committee may also provide for SARs to become exercisable at one time or from time to time, periodically or otherwise (including, without limitation, upon the attainment during a Performance Period of performance goals based on Performance Factors), in such number of Shares or percentage of the Shares subject to the SAR as the Committee determines.
          8.4 Form and Timing of Settlement . Payment may be made in the form of cash or whole Shares or a combination thereof.
      9. RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
          9.1 Awards of Restricted Stock Units . A Restricted Stock Unit (“ RSU ”) is an award to an eligible person covering a number of Shares that may be settled in cash, or by issuance of those Shares (which may consist of Restricted Stock) for services to be rendered or for past services already rendered to the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary. The Committee may authorize the issuance of RSUs to certain eligible persons who elect to defer cash compensation. All RSUs shall be made pursuant to a RSU Agreement, which shall be in substantially a form (which need not be the same for each Participant) that the Committee or an officer of the Company (pursuant to Section 4.1(b)) has from time to time approved, and will comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan (including the limit set forth in Section 2.1). RSUs granted to Non-Employee Directors pursuant to Section 10 hereof shall be governed by that Section.
          9.2 Terms of RSUs . The Committee will determine the terms of a RSU including, without limitation: (a) the number of Shares deemed subject to the RSU; (b) the time or times at which the RSU vests; (c) the consideration to be distributed on settlement, and the effect on each RSU of the Participant’s Termination. A RSU may be awarded upon satisfaction of such performance goals based on Performance Factors during any Performance Period as are set out in advance in the Participant’s individual RSU Agreement. If the RSU is being earned upon satisfaction of performance goals, then the Committee will: (x) determine the nature, length and starting date of any Performance Period for the RSU; (y) select from among the Performance Factors to be used to measure the performance, if any; and (z) determine the number of Shares deemed subject to the RSU. Prior to settlement of any RSU earned upon the satisfaction of performance goals pursuant to a RSU Agreement, the Committee shall determine the extent to which such RSU has been earned. Performance Periods may overlap and participants may participate simultaneously with respect to RSUs that are subject to different Performance Periods and different performance goals and other criteria. The number of Shares may be fixed or may vary in accordance with such performance goals and criteria as may be determined by the Committee. The Committee may adjust the performance goals applicable to the RSUs to take into account changes in law and accounting and to make such

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adjustments as the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to reflect the impact of extraordinary or unusual items, events or circumstances to avoid windfalls or hardships.
          9.3 Form and Timing of Settlement . The portion of a RSU being settled may be paid currently or on a deferred basis with such interest or dividend equivalents, if any, as the Committee determines. To the extent permissible under law, the Committee may also permit a Participant to defer payment under a RSU to a date or dates after the RSU is earned provided that the terms of the RSU and any deferral satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and provided further that payout shall not be deferred beyond March 15 of the year following the year of vesting unless a deferral election in compliance with Section 409A of the Code has been made. Payment may be made in the form of cash or whole Shares or a combination thereof, either in a lump sum payment or in installments, all as the Committee determines.
      10. AUTOMATIC GRANTS TO NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS.
          10.1 Eligibility . Non-Employee Directors are eligible to receive grants of RSUs pursuant to this Section 10.
          10.2 Initial Grant . Each Non-Employee Director automatically will be granted RSUs covering the number of Shares equal to $250,000 (subject to pro-ration as described herein), based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the grant date, which grant date shall be the first business day after such Non-Employee Director first becomes a member of the Board. If a Non-Employee Director previously was an employee of the Company and did not receive RSUs pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, he or she automatically will be granted RSUs covering the number of Shares equal to $250,000 (subject to pro-ration as described herein), based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the grant date, which grant date shall be the first regularly scheduled RSU grant date for employees after the Non-Employee Director no longer is employed by the Company. RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 10.2 shall be called an “ Initial Grant .” The number of Shares subject to an Initial Grant shall be pro-rated by multiplying the number of shares comprising the full grant amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of calendar months the Non-Employee Director will have served on the Board between the grant date (or, the date the Non-Employee Director ceased to be an employee, if earlier) and the November 30 immediately preceding the last vesting date of the grant (inclusive) (assuming the Non-Employee Director serves for such entire amount of time), and the denominator of which is 48. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, a Non-Employee Director shall be credited with a calendar month of service if he or she serves on the Board for one or more days in such calendar month.
          10.3 Succeeding Grant . On the first business day following the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders each year, each Non-Employee Director who has served continuously as a member of the Board since his or her Initial Grant automatically will be granted RSUs covering the number of Shares equal to $175,000, based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the grant date. RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall be called a “ Succeeding Grant .”
          10.4 Committee Grants . Each Non-Employee Director who is newly appointed as a member of any Board Committee automatically will be granted RSUs covering the number of Shares equal to $57,500 (subject to pro-ration as described herein), based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the grant date, which grant date shall be the first business day after he or she is appointed to such Board Committee. The grant described in the foregoing sentence shall be pro-rated by multiplying the number of Shares comprising the full grant amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of calendar months the Non-Employee Director will have served on the Board Committee between the grant date and the November 30 immediately preceding the vesting date of the grant (inclusive) (assuming the Non-Employee Director serves for such entire amount of time), and the denominator of which is 12. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, a Non-Employee Director shall be credited with a calendar month of service if he or she serves on the Board Committee for one or more days in such calendar month. On the first business day following the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders each year, each Non-Employee Director who has served continuously as a member of such Board Committee since the date he or she was appointed to such Board Committee will be granted RSUs covering the number of Shares equal to $57,500, based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the grant date.

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Each Non-Employee Director who is newly appointed as the Chairperson of a Board Committee automatically will be granted RSUs covering the number of Shares equal to $17,500 (subject to pro-ration as described herein), based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the grant date, which grant date shall be the first business day after he or she is appointed to the position of Chairperson. The grant described in the foregoing sentence shall be pro-rated by multiplying the number of Shares comprising the full grant amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number of calendar months the Non-Employee Director will have served as Chairperson between the grant date and the November 30 immediately preceding the vesting date of the grant (inclusive) (assuming the Non-Employee Director serves for such entire amount of time), and the denominator of which is 12. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, a Non-Employee Director shall be credited with a calendar month of service if he or she serves as the Chairperson of the Board Committee for one or more days in such calendar month. On the first business day following the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders each year, each Non-Employee Director who has served continuously as the Chairperson of a Board Committee since the date he or she was appointed to such Board Committee will be granted RSUs covering the number of Shares equal to $17,500, based on the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the grant date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Chairperson of a Board Committee shall receive grants of RSUs pursuant to both the first and second paragraphs of this Section 10.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Non-Employee Director only shall receive grants of RSUs pursuant to this Section 10.4 with respect to two Board Committees in any year, notwithstanding that the Non-Employee Director may serve on more than two Board Committees. RSUs granted pursuant to this Section 10.4 shall be called “ Committee Grants .”
          10.5 Vesting
               (a)  Initial Grants . Initial Grants shall vest in four (4) installments on the December 1 following the grant date and December 1 of each of the three succeeding calendar years, so long as the Non-Employee Director does not experience a Termination. The number of shares that vest on each vesting date shall be equal to the product of (a) the number of Shares comprising the full grant amount (assuming no pro-ration) multiplied by (b) 0.25. However, if an Initial Grant has been pro-rated, the number of Shares that vest on the first vesting date (but not any other vesting date) shall be pro-rated, such that it shall be equal to the product of (a) the number of Shares comprising the full grant amount (assuming no pro-ration) multiplied by (b) 0.25 multiplied by (c) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar months the Non-Employee Director will have served on the Board between the grant date and the November 30 immediately preceding the first vesting date and the denominator of which is 12. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, a Non-Employee Director shall be credited with a calendar month of service if he or she serves on the Board, or as a member or Chairperson of any Board Committee, for one or more days in such calendar month.
               (b)  Succeeding Grants . Succeeding Grants shall vest in two (2) equal installments on December 1 first following the grant date and December 1 of the next succeeding calendar year, so long as the Non-Employee Director does not experience a Termination.
               (c)  Committee Grants . Each Committee Grant shall vest as to 100% of the Shares on the December 1 following the grant date, so long as the Non-Employee Director does not experience a Termination.
               (d)  Disability or Death . RSUs granted to a Non-Employee Director will vest as to 100% of the Shares if the Non-Employee Director incurs a “total disability” or dies. For purposes of this Section 10.5(d), “total disability” shall mean: (1) (i) for so long as such definition is used for purposes of the Company’s group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment plan or group long term disability plan, that the Non-Employee Director is unable to perform each of the material duties of any gainful occupation for which the Non-Employee Director is or becomes reasonably fitted by training, education or experience and which total disability is in fact preventing the Non-Employee Director from engaging in any employment or occupation for wage or profit or (ii) if such definition has changed, such other definition of “total disability” as determined under the Company’s group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment plan or group long term disability plan; and (2) the Company shall have received from the Non-Employee Director’s primary physician a certification that the Non-Employee Director’s total disability is likely to be permanent.

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               (e)  Corporate Transaction . In the event of a Corporate Transaction, RSUs granted to a Non-Employee Director will vest as to 100% of the Shares immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction.
          10.6 Termination of RSUs . Except as provided in Section 10.5(d), unvested RSUs shall be forfeited on the date upon which the Non-Employee Director experiences a Termination; provided, however, in the event that the date of the annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders occurs before December 1 in any calendar year (and an annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders was held in the preceding calendar year), any Non-Employee Director who experiences a Termination on the date of such annual meeting shall be deemed to have vested in the next installment of such Committee Grant that otherwise would have vested on the immediately following December 1.
          10.7 Form of RSU Grant . RSUs granted under this Section 10 shall be evidenced by a Non-Employee Director RSU Grant Agreement in such form as the Committee shall from time to time approve and which shall comply with and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan.
          10.8 Form and Timing of Settlement. The portion of a RSU being settled may be paid currently or on a deferred basis with such interest or dividend equivalents, if any, as specified in the Non-Employee Director RSU Grant Agreement. To the extent specified in the Non-Employee Director RSU Grant Agreement, a Non-Employee Director may defer payment under a RSU to a date or dates after the RSU is earned provided that the terms of the RSU and any deferral satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and provided further that payout shall not be deferred beyond March 15 of the year following the year of vesting unless a deferral election in compliance with Section 409A of the Code has been made. Payment shall be made in the form specified in the Non-Employee Director RSU Grant Agreement.
          10.9 Fractional Shares . For purposes of this Section 10, if a calculation of the number of Shares subject to a grant results in a fractional share, such number of Shares shall be rounded to the nearest whole Share.
      11. PAYMENT FOR SHARE PURCHASES.
          11.1 Payment . Payment for Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan may be made by any of the following methods (or any combination of such methods) that are described in the applicable Award Agreement and that are permitted by law:
  (a)   in cash (by check);
 
  (b)   in the case of exercise by the Participant, Participant’s guardian or legal representative or the authorized legal representative of Participants’ heirs or legatees after Participant’s death, by cancellation of indebtedness of the Company to the Participant;
 
  (c)   by surrender of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (including Shares otherwise issuable pursuant to the applicable Award);
 
  (d)   in the case of exercise by the Participant, Participant’s guardian or legal representative or the authorized legal representative of Participants’ heirs or legatees after Participant’s death, by waiver of compensation due or accrued to Participant for services rendered;
 
  (e)   by tender of property; or
 
  (f)   with respect only to purchases upon exercise of an Option, and provided that a public market for the Company’s stock exists:

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  (1)   through a “same day sale” commitment from the Participant or Authorized Transferee and an NASD Dealer meeting the requirements of the Company’s “same day sale” procedures and in accordance with law; or
 
  (2)   through a “margin” commitment from Participant or Authorized Transferee and an NASD Dealer meeting the requirements of the Company’s “margin” procedures and in accordance with law.
          11.2 Issuance of Shares . Upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price or Exercise Price (or a commitment for payment from the NASD Dealer designated by the Participant or Authorized Transferee in the case of an exercise by means of a “same-day sale” or “margin” commitment), and compliance with other conditions and procedures established by the Company for the purchase of shares, the Company shall issue the Shares registered in the name of Participant or Authorized Transferee (or in the name of the NASD Dealer designated by the Participant or Authorized Transferee in the case of an exercise by means of a “same-day sale” or “margin” commitment) and shall deliver certificates representing the Shares (in physical or electronic form, as appropriate). The Shares may be subject to legends or other restrictions as described in Section 15 of the Plan.
      12. WITHHOLDING TAXES.
          12.1 Withholding Generally . Whenever Shares are to be issued in satisfaction of Awards granted under the Plan, the Company may require the Participant to remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state and local withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery of any certificate(s) for the Shares. If a payment in satisfaction of an Award is to be made in cash, the payment will be net of an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.
          12.2 Stock Withholding . When, under applicable tax laws, a Participant incurs tax liability in connection with the exercise or vesting of any Award that is subject to tax withholding and the Participant is obligated to pay the Company the amount required to be withheld, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, allow the Participant to satisfy the minimum withholding tax obligation by electing to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued that number of whole Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount required to be withheld, determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined. All elections by a Participant to have Shares withheld for this purpose shall be made in accordance with the requirements established by the Committee and be in writing in a form acceptable to the Committee.
      13. PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP . No Participant or Authorized Transferee will have any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any Shares until the Shares are issued to the Participant or Authorized Transferee. After Shares are issued to the Participant or Authorized Transferee, the Participant or Authorized Transferee will be a stockholder and have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Shares including the right to vote and receive all dividends or other distributions made or paid with respect to such Shares; provided, that if the Shares are Restricted Stock, any new, additional or different securities the Participant or Authorized Transferee may become entitled to receive with respect to the Shares by virtue of a stock dividend, stock split or any other change in the corporate or capital structure of the Company will be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted Stock; provided further, that the Participant or Authorized Transferee will have no right to retain such dividends or distributions with respect to Shares that are repurchased at the Participant’s original Exercise Price or Purchase Price pursuant to Section 15.
      14. TRANSFERABILITY . No Award and no interest therein, shall be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and no Award may be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process; provided, however that with the consent of the Committee a Participant may transfer a NQSO to an Authorized Transferee. Transfers by the Participant for consideration are prohibited. Without such permission by the Committee, a NQSO shall like all other Awards under the Plan be exercisable (a) during a Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or the Participant’s guardian or legal representative; and (b) after Participant’s death, by the legal representative of the Participant’s heirs or legatees.

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      15. RESTRICTIONS ON SHARES. At the discretion of the Committee, the Company may reserve to itself and/or its assignee(s) in the Award Agreement a right to repurchase all or a portion of a Participant’s Shares that are not “Vested” (as defined in the Award Agreement), following the Participant’s Termination, at any time within ninety days after the later of (a) the Participant’s Termination Date or (b) the date the Participant purchases Shares under the Plan, for cash or cancellation of purchase money indebtedness with respect to Shares, at the Participant’s original Exercise Price or Purchase Price; provided that upon assignment of the right to repurchase, the assignee must pay the Company cash equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares over the original Purchase Price.
      16. CERTIFICATES. All certificates for Shares or other securities delivered under the Plan (whether in physical or electronic form, as appropriate) will be subject to stock transfer orders, legends and other restrictions that the Committee deems necessary or advisable, including without limitation restrictions under any applicable federal, state or foreign securities law, or any rules, regulations and other requirements of the SEC or any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares may be listed.
      17. ESCROW. To enforce any restrictions on a Participant’s Shares, the Committee may require the Participant to deposit all certificates representing Shares, together with stock powers or other transfer instruments approved by the Committee, appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an agent designated by the Company, to hold in escrow until such restrictions have lapsed or terminated, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends referencing such restrictions to be placed on the certificates.
      18. SECURITIES LAW AND OTHER REGULATORY COMPLIANCE . An Award shall not be effective unless the Award is in compliance with all applicable state, federal and foreign securities laws, rules and regulations of any governmental body, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Shares may then be listed, as they are in effect on the date of grant of the Award and also on the date of exercise or other issuance. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver certificates for Shares under the Plan prior to (a) obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable, and/or (b) completion of any registration or other qualification of such shares under any state, federal or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable. The Company shall be under no obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the registration, qualification or listing requirements of any state, federal or foreign securities laws, stock exchange or automated quotation system, and the Company shall have no liability for any inability or failure to do so.
      19. NO OBLIGATION TO EMPLOY . Nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary to terminate Participant’s employment or other relationship at any time, with or without cause.
      20. REPRICING PROHIBITED; EXCHANGE AND BUYOUT OF AWARDS . The repricing of Options or SARs is prohibited without prior stockholder approval. The Committee may, at any time or from time to time, authorize the Company, with prior stockholder approval, in the case of an Option or SAR exchange, and the consent of the respective Participants, to issue new Awards in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of any or all outstanding Awards. The Committee may at any time buy from a Participant an Option previously granted with payment in cash, Shares or other consideration, based on such terms and conditions as the Committee and the Participant shall agree; provided, however, that in no event will an Option with an Exercise Price above the Fair Market Value at the time of such proposed buyout be repurchased.
      21. CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS.
          21.1 Assumption or Replacement of Awards by Successor . Except as provided for in Section 10.5(e), in the event of a Corporate Transaction any or all outstanding Awards may be assumed or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption or replacement shall be binding on all Participants. In the alternative, the successor corporation may substitute equivalent Awards or provide substantially similar consideration to

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Participants as was provided to stockholders (after taking into account the existing provisions of the Awards). The successor corporation may also issue, in place of outstanding Shares of the Company held by the Participant, substantially similar shares or other property subject to repurchase restrictions no less favorable to the Participant. In the event such successor corporation, if any, refuses to assume or replace the Awards, as provided above, pursuant to a Corporate Transaction or if there is no successor corporation due to a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, such Awards shall immediately vest as to 100% of the Shares subject thereto at such time and on such conditions as the Board shall determine and the Awards shall expire at the closing of the transaction or at the time of dissolution or liquidation.
          21.2 Other Treatment of Awards . Subject to any greater rights granted to Participants under Section 21.1, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, any outstanding Awards shall be treated as provided in the applicable agreement or plan of merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation or sale of assets.
          21.3 Assumption of Awards by the Company . The Company, from time to time, also may substitute or assume outstanding awards granted by another company, whether in connection with an acquisition of such other company or otherwise, by either (a) granting an Award under the Plan in substitution of such other company’s award, or (b) assuming such award as if it had been granted under the Plan if the terms of such assumed award could be applied to an Award granted under the Plan. Such substitution or assumption shall be permissible if the holder of the substituted or assumed award would have been eligible to be granted an Award under the Plan if the other company had applied the rules of the Plan to such grant. In the event the Company assumes an award granted by another company, the terms and conditions of such award shall remain unchanged (except that the exercise price and the number and nature of Shares issuable upon exercise of any such option will be adjusted appropriately pursuant to Section 424(a) of the Code). In the event the Company elects to grant a new Option rather than assuming an existing option, such new Option may be granted with a similarly adjusted Exercise Price.
      22. ADOPTION AND STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL. The Plan was initially adopted by the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee on August 26, 2004. The Plan became effective upon approval by stockholders of the Company, consistent with applicable laws.
      23. TERM OF PLAN. The Plan will terminate on December 9, 2011, unless extended beyond such date by stockholder approval.
      24. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Board may at any time terminate or amend the Plan in any respect, including without limitation amendment of any form of Award Agreement or instrument to be executed pursuant to the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Board nor the Committee shall, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, amend the Plan in any manner that requires such stockholder approval pursuant to the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder as such provisions apply to ISO plans or pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule promulgated thereunder or pursuant to the listing requirements of the national securities market on which the Shares are listed. In addition, no amendment that is detrimental to a Participant may be made to any outstanding Award without the consent of the Participant. Unless otherwise provided, an Award shall be governed by the version of the Plan in effect at the time such Award was granted.
      25. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN; UNFUNDED PLAN. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the Board, the submission of the Plan to the stockholders of the Company for approval, nor any provision of the Plan shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such additional compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and bonuses otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The Plan shall be unfunded. Neither the Company nor the Board shall be required to segregate any assets that may at any time be represented by Awards made pursuant to the Plan. Neither the Company, the Committee, nor the Board shall be deemed to be a trustee of any amounts to be paid under the Plan.

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      26. DEFINITIONS. As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
     (a) “ Authorized Transferee ” means the permissible recipient, as authorized by this Plan and the Committee, of an NQSO that is transferred during the Participant’s lifetime by the Participant by gift or domestic relations order. For purposes of this definition a “permissible recipient” is: (i) a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of the Participant, including any such person with such relationship to the Participant by adoption; (ii) any person (other than a tenant or employee) sharing the Participant’s household; (iii) a trust in which the persons in (i) or (ii) have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest; (iv) a foundation in which the persons in (i) or (ii) or the Participant control the management of assets; or (v) any other entity in which the person in (i) or (ii) or the Participant own more than fifty percent of the voting interest.
     (b) “ Award ” means any award under the Plan, including any Option, Restricted Stock, Stock Bonus, Stock Appreciation Right or Restricted Stock Unit.
     (c) “ Award Agreement ” means, with respect to each Award, the signed written agreement between the Company and the Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of the Award.
     (d) “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
     (e) “ Board Committee ” means each of the Acquisition Committee, the Audit and Risk Committee, the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee and the Nominating & Governance Committee.
     (f) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
     (g) “ Committee ” means the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee of the Board or such other committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, or if no committee is appointed, the Board. Each member of the Committee shall be (i) a “non-employee director” for purposes of Section 16 and Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act, and (ii) an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, unless the Board has fewer than two such outside directors.
     (h) “ Company ” means Intuit Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any successor corporation.
     (i) “ Corporate Transaction ” means (a) a merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation with a wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in the stockholders of the Company and the Awards granted under the Plan are assumed or replaced by the successor corporation, which assumption shall be binding on all Participants), (b) a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, (c) the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, (d) a merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger (other than any stockholder that merges, or which owns or controls another corporation that merges, with the Company in such merger) cease to own their shares or other equity interest in the Company; or (e) any other transaction which qualifies as a “corporate transaction” under Section 424(a) of the Code wherein the stockholders of the Company give up all of their equity interest in the Company (except for the acquisition, sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the outstanding shares of the Company).
     (j) “ Disability ” means a disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, as determined by the Committee.
     (k) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

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     (l) “ Executive Officer ” means a person who is an “executive officer” of the Company as defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
     (m) “ Exercise Price ” means the price at which a Participant who holds an Option or SAR may purchase the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Option or SAR.
     (n) “ Fair Market Value ” means, as of any date, the value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock determined as follows:
  (1)   if such Common Stock is then quoted on the NASDAQ National Market, its closing price on the NASDAQ National Market on such date or if such date is not a trading date, the closing price on the NASDAQ National Market on the last trading date that precedes such date;
 
  (2)   if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on a national securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such date or, if no such reported sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading;
 
  (3)   if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted on the NASDAQ National Market nor listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such date, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, for the over-the-counter market; or
 
  (4)   if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Board of Directors in good faith.
     (o) “ Insider ” means an officer or director of the Company or any other person whose transactions in the Company’s Common Stock are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
     (p) “ ISO ” means an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of the Code.
     (q) “ NASD Dealer ” means broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
     (r) “ NQSO ” means a nonqualified stock option that does not qualify as an ISO.
     (s) “ Option ” means an Award pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.
     (t) “ Non-Employee Director ” means a member of the Company’s Board of Directors who is not a current employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary.
     (u) “ Parent ” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, if at the time of the granting of an Award under the Plan, each of such corporations other than the Company owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
     (v) “ Participant ” means a person who receives an Award under the Plan.
     (w) “ Performance Factors ” means the factors selected by the Committee from among the following measures to determine whether the performance goals established by the Committee and applicable to Awards have been satisfied:
  (1)   Net revenue and/or net revenue growth;
 
  (2)   Earnings before income taxes and amortization and/or earnings before income taxes and amortization growth;

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  (3)   Operating income and/or operating income growth;
 
  (4)   Net income and/or net income growth;
 
  (5)   Earnings per share and/or earnings per share growth;
 
  (6)   Total stockholder return and/or total stockholder return growth;
 
  (7)   Return on equity;
 
  (8)   Operating cash flow return on income;
 
  (9)   Adjusted operating cash flow return on income;
 
  (10)   Economic value added; and
 
  (11)   Individual business objectives.
     (x) “ Performance Period ” means the period of service determined by the Committee, not to exceed five years, during which years of service or performance is to be measured for the Award.
     (y) “ Plan ” means this Intuit Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.
     (z) “ Prospectus ” means the prospectus relating to the Plan, as amended from time to time, that is prepared by the Company and delivered or made available to Participants pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act.
     (aa) “ Purchase Price ” means the price to be paid for Shares acquired under the Plan, other than Shares acquired upon exercise of an Option.
     (bb) “ Restricted Stock Award ” means an award of Shares pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.
     (cc) “ Restricted Stock Unit ” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 9 or Section 10 of the Plan.
     (dd) “ RSU Agreement ” means an agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock Unit Award granted pursuant to Section 9 of the Plan.
     (ee) “ SAR Agreement ” means an agreement evidencing a Stock Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.
     (ff) “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     (gg) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
     (hh) “ Shares ” means shares of the Company’s Common Stock $0.01 par value, reserved for issuance under the Plan, as adjusted pursuant to Sections 2 and 21, and any successor security.
     (ii) “ Stock Appreciation Right ” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan.
     (jj) “ Stock Bonus ” means an Award granted pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan.
     (kk) “ Stock Option Agreement ” means the agreement which evidences a Stock Option, granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.

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     (ll)  “Subsidiary ” means any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of granting of the Award, each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.
     (mm) “ Ten Percent Stockholder ” means any person who directly or by attribution owns more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary.
     (nn) “ Termination ” or “ Terminated ” means, for purposes of the Plan with respect to a Participant, that the Participant has ceased to provide services as an employee, director, consultant, independent contractor or adviser, to the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary; provided that a Participant shall not be deemed to be Terminated if the Participant is on a leave of absence approved by the Committee or by an officer of the Company designated by the Committee; and provided further, that during any approved leave of absence, vesting of Awards shall be suspended or continue in accordance with guidelines established from time to time by the Committee. Subject to the foregoing, the Committee shall have sole discretion to determine whether a Participant has ceased to provide services and the effective date on which the Participant ceased to provide services (the “ Termination Date ”).

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Exhibit 99.02
INTUIT INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(As Amended on December 15, 2009)
      1. Establishment of Plan . The Company proposes to grant options for purchase of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value, to eligible employees of the Company and Participating Subsidiaries pursuant to this Plan. A total of 16,800,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock is reserved for issuance under this Plan. Such number shall be subject to adjustments effected in accordance with Section 14 of this Plan. The Company intends this Plan to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code (including any amendments to or replacements of such Section), and this Plan shall be so construed. Capitalized terms not defined in the text are defined in Section 26 below. Any term not expressly defined in this Plan that is defined in Section 423 of the Code shall have the same definition herein.
      2. Purpose . The purpose of this Plan is to provide eligible employees of the Company and Participating Subsidiaries with a convenient means of acquiring an equity interest in the Company through payroll deductions, to enhance such employees’ sense of participation in the affairs of the Company and Participating Subsidiaries, and to provide an incentive for continued employment.
      3. Administration . This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the provisions of this Plan and the limitations of Section 423 of the Code or any successor provision in the Code, all questions of interpretation or application of this Plan and any agreement or document executed pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee and its decisions shall be final and binding upon all Participants. The Committee shall have full power and authority to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to this Plan, including determining the subplans, forms and agreements used in connection with this Plan; provided that the Committee may delegate to the President, the Chief Financial Officer or the officer in charge of Human Resources, in consultation with the General Counsel or her designee, the authority to approve revisions to the forms and agreements used in connection with this Plan that are designed to facilitate administration of the Plan both domestically and abroad and that are not inconsistent with the Plan or with any resolutions of the Committee relating to the Plan. The Committee may amend this Plan as described in Section 25 below. Members of the Committee shall receive no compensation for their services in connection with the administration of this Plan, other than standard fees as established from time to time by the Board for services rendered by Committee members serving on Board committees. All expenses incurred in connection with the administration of this Plan shall be paid by the Company.
      4. Eligibility .
          (a) Any employee of the Company or of any Participating Subsidiary is eligible to participate in an Offering Period under this Plan, except the following:
               (i) employees who are not employed fifteen (15) days before the beginning of such Offering Period; and

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Intuit Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
               (ii) employees who, together with any other person whose stock would be attributed to such employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code, own stock or hold options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or who, as a result of being granted an option under this Plan with respect to such Offering Period, would own stock or hold options to purchase stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
          (b) An individual who provides services to the Company, or any Participating Subsidiary, as an independent contractor shall not be considered an “employee” for purposes of this Section 4 or this Plan, and shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan, except during such periods as the Company or the Participating Subsidiary, as applicable, is required to withhold U.S. federal employment taxes for the individual. This exclusion from participation shall apply even if the individual is reclassified as an employee, rather than an independent contractor, for any purpose other than U.S. federal employment tax withholding.
      5. Offering Dates .
          (a) Offering Periods shall be of three (3) months duration commencing on each June 16, September 16, December 16 and March 16 and ending on the following September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15, respectively.
          (b) The Committee shall have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods with respect to future offerings without stockholder approval if such change is announced prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected.
      6. Participation in this Plan . An eligible employee may become a Participant in an Offering Period on the first Offering Date after satisfying the eligibility requirements by following the enrollment procedures established by the Company and enrolling in the Plan by the enrollment deadline established by the Company before such Offering Date. The enrollment deadline shall be the same for all eligible employees with respect to a given Offering Period. An eligible employee who does not timely enroll after becoming eligible to participate in such Offering Period shall not participate in that Offering Period or any subsequent Offering Period unless such employee follows the enrollment procedures established by the Company and enrolls in this Plan by the enrollment deadline established by the Company before a subsequent Offering Date. A Participant will automatically participate in each Offering Period commencing immediately following the last day of the prior Offering Period unless he or she withdraws or is deemed to withdraw from this Plan or terminates further participation in the Offering Period as set forth in Sections 11 or 12 below. A Participant is not required to file any additional agreement in order to continue participation in this Plan. An employee may only participate in one Offering Period at a time.
      7. Grant of Option on Enrollment . Enrollment by an eligible employee in this Plan with respect to an Offering Period will constitute the grant (as of the Offering Date) by the Company to such Participant of an option to purchase on the Purchase Date up to that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company determined by dividing (a) the amount accumulated in such employee’s payroll deduction account during the applicable Accrual Period in such Offering Period by (b) the lower of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Offering Date (but in no event less than the par value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock), or (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock on the Purchase Date (but in no event less than the par value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock); provided, however, that the number of shares of the Company’s

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Intuit Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock subject to any option granted pursuant to this Plan shall not exceed the maximum number of shares which may be purchased pursuant to Sections 10(a), 10(b) or 10(c) below with respect to the applicable Accrual Period. The fair market value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock shall be determined as provided in Section 8 hereof.
      8. Purchase Price . The purchase price per share at which a share of Common Stock will be sold to Participants in any Offering Period shall be eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of:
          (a) The Fair Market Value on the Offering Date; or
          (b) The Fair Market Value on the Purchase Date ;
provided, however, that in no event may the purchase price per share of the Company’s Common Stock be below the par value per share of the Company’s Common Stock.
      9. Payment Of Purchase Price; Changes In Payroll Deductions; Issuance Of Shares.
          (a) The purchase price of the shares is accumulated by regular payroll deductions made during each Accrual Period. The deductions are made as a percentage of the Participant’s compensation in one percent (1%) increments not less than two percent (2%), nor greater than ten percent (10%) or such lower limit set by the Committee. Compensation shall mean base salary and commissions and shall not include annual bonuses. Payroll deductions shall commence on the first payday of each Accrual Period and shall end on the last payday that occurs in such Accrual Period unless sooner altered or terminated as provided in this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the last payday that occurs in an Accrual Period is within five business days prior to the Purchase Date, the last payday shall be deemed to be the immediately preceding payday.
          (b) A Participant may increase or decrease the rate of payroll deductions for any subsequent Offering Period by filing with the Company a new authorization for payroll deductions before the beginning of such Offering Period by the deadline established by the Company and in accordance with the Company’s administrative procedures for the Plan.
          (c) All payroll deductions made for a Participant are credited to his or her account under this Plan and are deposited with the general funds of the Company. No interest accrues on the payroll deductions. All payroll deductions received or held by the Company may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.
          (d) On each Purchase Date, so long as this Plan remains in effect and provided that the Participant has not timely submitted a signed and completed withdrawal form before that date which notifies the Company that the Participant wishes to withdraw from that Offering Period under this Plan and have all payroll deductions accumulated in the account maintained on behalf of the Participant as of that date returned to the Participant, the Company shall apply the funds then in the Participant’s account to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock reserved under the option granted to such Participant with respect to the Offering Period to the extent that such option is exercisable on the Purchase Date. The purchase price per share shall be as specified in Section 8 of this Plan. Any cash remaining in a Participant’s account after such purchase of shares because the amount is insufficient to purchase a whole share shall be returned to the Participant, without interest. Any cash remaining in a Participant’s account after such purchase due to the limitations in Section 10 below shall be returned to the Participant, without interest. Subject to Section 12 below, no Common Stock shall be purchased on a Purchase Date on behalf of any employee whose participation in this Plan has terminated prior to such Purchase Date.

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Intuit Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
          (e) As promptly as practicable after the Purchase Date, the Company shall deliver shares representing the shares purchased.
          (f) During a Participant’s lifetime, such Participant’s option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her. The Participant will have no interest or voting right in shares covered by his or her option until such option has been exercised. Shares issued for the benefit of a Participant under this Plan will be issued to an account in the name of the Participant. The Company may require shares to be issued to an account established by a broker dealer approved by the Company.
      10. Limitations on Shares to be Purchased.
          (a) No Participant shall be entitled to purchase stock under this Plan at a rate which, when aggregated with his or her rights to purchase stock under all other employee stock purchase plans of the Company or any Subsidiary, exceeds $25,000 in fair market value, determined as of the Offering Date (or such other limit as may be imposed by the Code) for each calendar year in which the employee is a Participant in this Plan.
          (b) No Participant shall be entitled to purchase more than the Maximum Share Amount on any single Purchase Date. Prior to the commencement of any Offering Period, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, set a Maximum Share Amount. In no event shall the Maximum Share Amount exceed the amounts permitted under Section 10(e) below. If a new Maximum Share Amount is set, then all Participants must be notified of such Maximum Share Amount prior to the deadline established by the Company to enroll or change the rate of payroll deductions for the next Offering Period. Once the Maximum Share Amount is set, it shall continue to apply with respect to all succeeding Offering Periods unless revised by the Committee as set forth above.
          (c) If the number of shares to be purchased on a Purchase Date by all Participants exceeds the number of shares then available for issuance under this Plan, then the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the remaining shares in as uniform a manner as shall be reasonably practicable and as the Committee shall determine to be equitable. In such event, the Company shall give written notice of such reduction of the number of shares to be purchased under a Participant’s option to each Participant affected thereby.
          (d) Any payroll deductions accumulated in a Participant’s account which are not used to purchase stock due to the limitations in this Section 10 shall be returned to the Participant as soon as practicable after the end of the applicable Accrual Period, without interest.
          (e) No more than twice the number of shares that the Participant could have purchased at the price on an Offering Date may be purchased by a Participant on any single Purchase Date within the Offering Period.
      11. Withdrawal.
          (a) Each Participant may withdraw from an Offering Period under this Plan by withdrawing from the Plan in accordance to the procedures established by the Company by the deadline established by the Company for withdrawals.

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          (b) Upon withdrawal from this Plan, the accumulated payroll deductions shall be returned to the withdrawn Participant, without interest, and his or her interest in this Plan shall terminate. In the event a Participant withdraws from this Plan in accordance with Section 11(a), he or she may not resume his or her participation in this Plan during the same Offering Period, but he or she may participate in any Offering Period under this Plan which commences on a date subsequent to such withdrawal by filing a new authorization for payroll deductions in the same manner as set forth above in Section 6 for initial participation in this Plan.
      12. Termination of Employment.
          (a) Termination of a Participant’s employment for any reason, including retirement, death or the failure of a Participant to remain an eligible employee under Section 4 above, immediately terminates his or her participation in this Plan. In such event, the payroll deductions credited to the Participant’s account will be returned to him or her or, in the case of his or her death, to his or her legal representative, without interest.
          (b) For purposes of this Section 12, an employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment or failed to remain an eligible employee in the case of sick leave, military leave, or any other leave of absence approved by the Committee; provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90) days or reemployment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute.
      13. Return of Payroll Deductions . In the event a Participant’s interest in this Plan is terminated by withdrawal, termination of employment or otherwise, or in the event this Plan is terminated, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Participant all payroll deductions credited to such Participant’s account. No interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions of a Participant in this Plan.
      14. Capital Changes . Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under this Plan which has not yet been exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under this Plan but have not yet been placed under option, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each option under this Plan which has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company resulting from a stock split or the payment of a stock dividend (but only on the Common Stock) or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of any consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been “effected without receipt of consideration”; and provided further, that the price per share of Common Stock shall not be reduced below its par value per share. Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee, whose determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.
     In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, each Offering Period will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action and the accrued payroll deductions will be returned to each Participant without interest, unless otherwise provided by the Committee. The Committee may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, shorten each Offering Period in progress and establish a new Purchase Date (the “Special Purchase Date”) upon which the accrued payroll deductions of each Participant who does not elect to withdraw his or her

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payroll deductions will be used to purchase whole shares with any remaining cash balance in a Participant’s account being returned to such Participant as soon as administratively practicable following the Special Purchase Date. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, each option under this Plan shall be assumed or an equivalent option shall be substituted by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation. In the event the successor corporation does not assume or substitute such options, the Committee shall shorten each Offering Period in progress and establish a Special Purchase Date upon which the accrued payroll deductions of each Participant who does not elect to withdraw his or her payroll deductions will be used to purchase whole shares with any remaining cash balance in a Participant’s account being returned to such Participant as soon as administratively practicable following the Special Purchase Date. The price at which each share may be purchased on such Special Purchase Date shall be calculated in accordance with Section 8 above as if “Purchase Date” were replaced by “Special Purchase Date”.
     The Committee may, if it so determines in the exercise of its sole discretion, also make provision for adjusting the Reserves, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each outstanding option, in the event that the Company effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights offerings or other increases or reductions of shares of its outstanding Common Stock, or in the event of the Company being consolidated with or merged into any other corporation; provided, that the price per share of Common Stock shall not be reduced below its par value per share.
      15. Nonassignability . Neither payroll deductions credited to a Participant’s account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive shares under this Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or as provided in Section 22 hereof) by the Participant. Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be void and without effect.
      16. Reports . Individual accounts will be maintained for each Participant in this Plan. Each Participant shall receive promptly after the end of each Offering Period a report of his or her account setting forth the total payroll deductions accumulated, the number of shares purchased, the per share price thereof and any cash remaining in the Participant’s account after the shares are purchased.
      17. Notice of Disposition . In order that the Company may properly report the compensation attributable to a Participant’s disposition of shares purchased under this Plan, the Company may require Participants to keep shares purchased under this Plan in an account established with a broker dealer approved by the Company until the Participant sells, gifts or transfers such shares by descent or distribution. The Company may, at any time during the Notice Period, place a legend or legends on any certificate representing shares acquired pursuant to this Plan requesting the Company’s transfer agent to notify the Company of any transfer of the shares. The obligation of the Participant to provide such notice shall continue notwithstanding the placement of any such legend on the certificates.
      18. No Rights to Continued Employment . Neither this Plan nor the grant of any option hereunder shall confer any right on any employee to remain in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, or restrict the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate such employee’s employment.
      19. Equal Rights And Privileges . All eligible employees shall have equal rights and privileges with respect to this Plan so that this Plan qualifies as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423 or any successor provision of the Code and the related regulations. Any provision of this Plan which is inconsistent with Section 423 or any successor provision of the

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Code shall, without further act or amendment by the Company or the Committee, be reformed to comply with the requirements of Section 423. This Section 19 shall take precedence over all other provisions in this Plan.
      20. Notices . All notices or other communications by a Participant to the Company under or in connection with this Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.
      21. Term; Stockholder Approval. This Plan became effective October 7, 1996, the date on which it was adopted by the Board and was approved by the stockholders of the Company, in a manner permitted by applicable corporate law, within twelve (12) months after the date this Plan was adopted by the Board. No purchase of shares pursuant to this Plan occurred prior to such stockholder approval. This Plan shall continue until the earlier to occur of (a) termination of this Plan by the Board or the Committee (which termination may be effected at any time), (b) issuance of all of the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under this Plan, or (c) July 27, 2015.
      22. Death of a Participant . In the event of a Participant’s death, payroll deductions in his or her account shall be refunded to the Participant’s legal representative in accordance with the Company’s then current Payroll Department’s procedures for payment of a deceased employees’ wages. Any shares purchased under the Plan on behalf of a Participant are to be treated in accordance with the Participant’s will or the laws of descent and distribution.
      23. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares; Limitation on Sale of Shares . Shares shall not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange or automated quotation system upon which the shares may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.
      24. Applicable Law . The Plan shall be governed by the substantive laws (excluding the conflict of laws rules) of the State of California.
      25. Amendment or Termination of this Plan . The Committee may at any time amend, terminate or extend the term of this Plan, except that any such termination cannot affect options previously granted under this Plan, nor may any amendment make any change in an option previously granted which would materially adversely affect the right of any Participant.
Notwithstanding the prohibition against affecting options previously granted under this Plan, this Plan or an Offering Period may be terminated by the Committee on a Purchase Date or by the Committee’s setting a new Purchase Date with respect to an Offering Period then in progress if the Committee determines that termination of the Plan and/or the Offering Period is in the best interests of the Company and the stockholders or if continuation of the Plan and/or the Offering Period would cause the Company to incur adverse accounting charges as a result of a change in the generally accepted accounting rules or interpretations thereof that are applicable to this Plan.
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regulation. Such stockholder approval must be obtained, in a manner permitted by applicable corporate law, within twelve (12) months of the adoption of such amendment by the Committee.
      26. Definitions.
  (a)   “Accrual Period” means the three-month period coinciding with the Offering Period during which payroll deductions are accumulated.
 
  (b)   “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
  (c)   “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
 
  (d)   “Committee” means the Compensation and Organizational Development Committee appointed by the Board. The Committee is comprised of at least two (2) members of the Board, all of whom are Outside Directors.
 
  (e)   “Company” means Intuit Inc., a Delaware corporation.
 
  (f)   “Fair Market Value” means as of any date, the value of a share of the Company’s Common Stock determined as follows:
(i) if such Common Stock is then quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, its last reported sale price on the Nasdaq National Market or, if no such reported sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices;
(ii) if such Common Stock is publicly traded and is then listed on a national securities exchange, its last reported sale price or, if no such reported sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading;
(iii) if such Common Stock is publicly traded but is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market or listed or admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such date, as reported in The Wall Street Journal , for the over-the-counter market; or
(iv) if none of the foregoing is applicable, by the Board in good faith.
  (g)   “Maximum Share Amount” means the maximum number of shares which may be purchased by any employee at any single Purchase Date.
 
  (h)   “Notice Period” is the period beginning two (2) years from the Offering Date and one (1) year from the Purchase Date on which such shares were purchased.
 
  (i)   “Offering Date” is the first business day of each Offering Period.
 
  (j)   “Offering Period” means a three-month period containing a single three-month Accrual Period.

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  (k)   “Outside Directors” means outside directors within the meaning of Code Section 162(m).
 
  (l)   “Participating Subsidiaries” means Subsidiaries that have been designated by the Committee from time to time as eligible to participate in this Plan.
 
  (m)   “Plan” means this Intuit Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended from time to time.
 
  (n)   Parent Corporation and Subsidiary (collectively, Subsidiaries ) shall have the same meanings as “parent corporation” and “subsidiary corporation” in Code Sections 424(e) and 424(f).
 
  (o)   “Participant” means an employee who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 4 above and timely enrolls in the Plan in accordance with Section 6 above.
 
  (p)   “Purchase Date” is the last business day of each Accrual Period.
 
  (q)   “Reserves” means (i) the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under this Plan which has not yet been exercised and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under this Plan but have not yet been placed under option.

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