Exhibit 10.1

SYNEOS HEALTH, INC.

2018 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(adopted by the Board of Directors on March 15, 2018 and

approved by the Shareholders of the Company on May 24, 2018)

1.     Purpos e . The purpose of the Syneos Health, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan is to further align the interests of eligible participants with those of the Company’s stockholders by providing long-term incentive compensation opportunities tied to the performance of the Company and its Common Stock. The Plan is intended to advance the interests of the Company and increase stockholder value by attracting, retaining and motivating key personnel upon whose judgment, initiative and effort the successful conduct of the Company’s business is largely dependent.

2.     Definitions . Wherever the following capitalized terms are used in the Plan, they shall have the meanings specified below:

“ Accounting Firm ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8(b)(i) hereof.

“ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that the subject Person, either directly or indirectly, is under common control with, is controlled by or controls.

“ Award ” means an award of a Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit or Stock Award granted under the Plan.

“ Award Agreement ” means a notice or an agreement (electronic or written), including any exhibit or appendices thereto) entered into between the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award granted to a Participant as provided in Section 15.2 hereof.

“ Beneficial Owner ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

“ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“ Business Combination ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(b) hereof.

“ Cause ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2(b) hereof.

“ Change in Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4 hereof.

“ Chosen Court ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.17 hereof.

“ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any successor thereto (except as otherwise specified herein).

“ Committee ” means (i) the Compensation Committee of the Board, (ii) such other committee of the Board appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, or (iii) subject to the terms of the Plan, the Board.

“ Common Stock ” means the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as the same may be converted, changed, reclassified or exchanged.

“ Company ” means Syneos Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

“ Date of Grant ” means, with respect to any Award under the Plan, the date on which such Award is granted by the Committee or such later date as the Committee may specify in the resolutions comprising the corporate action constituting such grant by the Company of such Award to be the effective date of an Award, in each case in accordance with Section 5.4 hereof.

“ Disability ” means, unless otherwise set forth in an Award Agreement,

(i)    if a Participant has an effective employment agreement or service agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary that defines “Disability” or a like term, the meaning set forth in such agreement at the time of the Participant’s termination of Service, or

(ii)    in the absence of such an effective employment or service agreement or definition, a Participant’s physical or mental illness, injury or infirmity which is reasonably likely to prevent and/or prevents such Participant from performing his or her essential job functions for a period of (A) ninety (90) consecutive calendar days or (B) an aggregate of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days out of any consecutive twelve (12) month period.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, and solely for purposes of any Incentive Stock Option, “Disability” shall mean a permanent and total disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), and solely for purposes of any Award that constitutes non-qualified deferred compensation that is subject to Section 409A of the Code and with respect to which disability is a distribution event, “Disability” shall meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

“ EBITDA ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2 hereof.

“ Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.1 hereof.

“ Eligible Person ” means any person who is an employee, Non-Employee Director, consultant or other personal service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.

“ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to a share of Common Stock as of a given date of determination hereunder, unless otherwise determined or provided by the Committee in the circumstances, the closing price as reported on the Principal Market on such date or if the Common Stock was not traded on such date, then on the next preceding trading day that the Common Stock was traded on such exchange, as reported by such responsible reporting service as the Committee may select. The Committee may, however, provide with respect to one or more Awards that the Fair Market Value shall equal the average of the high and low trading price as reported on the Principal Market on the applicable date of determination, or if the Common Stock was not traded on such date, then on the next preceding trading day that the Common Stock was traded on such Principal Market, as reported by such responsible reporting service as the Committee may select. If the Common Stock is not listed on any such exchange, “Fair Market Value” shall be such value as determined by the Board or the Committee in its discretion and, to the extent necessary, shall be determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

“ Forfeiture Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2(a) hereof.

“ Incentive Stock Option ” means a Stock Option granted under Section 6 hereof that is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

“ Net After-Tax Receipt ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8(b)(iv)(B) hereof.

“ Non-Employee Director ” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Nonqualified Stock Option ” means a Stock Option granted under Section 6 hereof that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

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“ Outstanding Company Voting Securities ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(a) hereof.

“ Overpayment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8(b)(iii) hereof.

“ Parachute Payment Ratio ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8(b)(iv)(C) hereof.

“ Participant ” means any Eligible Person who holds an outstanding Award or Common Stock acquired pursuant to an Award granted under the Plan.

“ Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8(b)(i) hereof.

“ Performance Award ” shall mean an Award that vests, in whole or in part, based on the attainment of Performance Goals and that are granted pursuant to Section 10 hereof.

“ Performance Criteria ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2 hereof.

“ Performance Goals ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3 hereof.

“ Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

“ Plan ” means this Syneos Health, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan, as may be amended from time to time.

“ Policy ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.3(b) hereof.

“ Principal Market ” means, as of any date of determination, the principal exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed on such date.

“ Prior Plan ” means the INC Research Holdings, Inc. 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time.

“ Reduced Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8(b)(iv)(A) hereof.

“ Restricted Stock Award ” means a grant of shares of Common Stock to an Eligible Person under Section 8 hereof that are issued subject to such vesting and transfer restrictions as the Committee shall determine, and such other conditions, in each case, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

“ Restricted Stock Unit ” means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 9 hereof representing a notional unit interest equal in value to a share of Common Stock to be paid or distributed at such times, and subject to such conditions, in each case, as set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

“ Service ” means a Participant’s service with the Company or any Subsidiary as an employee, Non-Employee Director, consultant or other service provider of the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable.

“ Share Reserve ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereof.

“ Stock Appreciation Right ” means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 7 hereof entitling such Eligible Person to receive a payment, in cash and/or shares of Common Stock, representing the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock over the base price per share of the right, at such time, and subject to such conditions, in each case, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

“ Stock Award ” means a grant of shares of Common Stock to an Eligible Person under Section 11 hereof that, pursuant to the Unrestricted Pool, may be issued free of transfer restrictions and forfeiture conditions

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“ Stock Option ” means a contractual right granted to an Eligible Person under Section 6 hereof to purchase shares of Common Stock at such time and price, and subject to such conditions, in each case, as are set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

“ Subsidiary ” means an entity (whether or not a corporation) that is wholly or majority owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any other Affiliate of the Company that is so designated, from time to time, by the Committee, during the period of such Affiliated status; provided , however , that with respect to Incentive Stock Options, the term “Subsidiary” shall include only an entity that qualifies under Section 424(f) of the Code as a “subsidiary corporation” with respect to the Company.

“ Successor Entity ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.4(b) hereof.

“ Tax-Related Items ” means any U.S. federal, state, and/or local taxes and any taxes imposed by a jurisdiction outside the U.S. (including, without limitation, income tax, social insurance and similar contributions, payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, payment on account, employment taxes, stamp tax and any other taxes related to participation in the Plan and legally applicable to a Participant, including any employer liability for which the Participant is liable pursuant to applicable laws or the applicable Award Agreement).

“ Treasury Regulations ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8 hereof.

“ Underpayment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.8(b)(iii) hereof.

“ Unrestricted Pool ” means a number of Shares equal to five percent (5%) of the number of shares of Common Stock that are available for the grant of Awards hereunder as of the Effective Date, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5 hereof.

3.     Administration .

3.1     Committee Members . The Plan shall be administered by a Committee comprised of no fewer than two members of the Board who are appointed by the Board to administer the Plan. To the extent deemed necessary by the Board, or as may be required by any applicable securities or tax laws, the Principal Market, each Committee (as defined in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition thereof) member shall satisfy the requirements for (i) an “independent director” under rules adopted by the Principal Market and (ii) a “nonemployee director” for purposes of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the mere fact that a Committee (as defined in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition thereof) member shall fail to qualify under any of the foregoing requirements shall not invalidate any Award made by the Committee (as defined in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition thereof) which Award is otherwise validly made under the Plan. Neither the Company nor any member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith by the Committee with respect to the Plan or any Award thereunder. The Board shall have the authority to execute the powers of the Committee under the Plan.

3.2     Committee Authority . The Committee shall have all powers and discretion necessary or appropriate to administer the Plan and to control its operation, including, but not limited to, the power to (i) determine the Eligible Persons to whom Awards shall be granted under the Plan and to grant Awards, (ii) prescribe the restrictions, terms and conditions of all Awards and shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to Awards subject to this Plan, (iii) interpret the Plan and terms of the Awards, (iv) adopt rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith, and interpret, amend or revoke any such rules, (v) make all determinations with respect to a Participant’s Service and the termination of such Service for purposes of any Award, (vi) subject the provisions of Section 6 hereof, to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options may be exercised, (vii) to determine at any time whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances distribution or the receipt of Stock and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the receiving Participant and whether and to what extent the Company shall pay or credit amounts constituting interest (at rates determined by the Committee) or dividends or deemed dividends on such deferrals, (viii) correct any defect(s)

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or omission(s) or reconcile any ambiguity(ies) or inconsistency(ies) in the Plan or any Award thereunder, (ix) make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan, decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan, and otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan, (x) suspend the right to exercise or net exercise any Award during any blackout period that is necessary or desirable to comply with the requirements of applicable securities or exchange control laws, and extend the period for exercise of such Award by an equal period of time, (xi) subject to the terms of the Plan, amend the terms of an Award in any manner that is not inconsistent with the Plan, and (xii) adopt such procedures, subplans and Award Agreements as are necessary or appropriate to facilitate participation in the Plan by Eligible Persons who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States or as otherwise are necessary or appropriate for the administration and application of the Plan. The Committee’s determinations under the Plan need not be uniform and may be made by the Committee selectively among Participants and Eligible Persons, whether or not such persons are similarly situated. The Committee shall, in its discretion, consider such factors as it deems relevant in making its interpretations, determinations and actions under the Plan including, without limitation, the recommendations or advice of any officer or employee of the Company or such attorneys, consultants, accountants or other advisors as it may select. All interpretations, determinations and actions by the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties.

3.3     Delegation of Authority . The Committee shall have the right, from time to time, to delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority of the Committee to grant and determine the terms and conditions of Awards granted under the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 157(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or any successor provision) and such other limitations as the Committee shall determine. In no event shall any such delegation of authority be permitted with respect to Awards granted to any member of the Board or to any Eligible Person who is subject to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (as determined in accordance with applicable guidance as of the applicable date of determination). The Committee shall also be permitted to delegate, to any appropriate officer or employee of the Company, responsibility for performing certain ministerial functions under the Plan. In the event that the Committee’s authority is delegated to officers or employees in accordance with the foregoing, all provisions of the Plan relating to the Committee shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with the foregoing by treating any such reference as a reference to such officer or employee for such purpose. Any action undertaken in accordance with the Committee’s delegation of authority hereunder shall have the same force and effect as if such action was undertaken directly by the Committee and shall be deemed for all purposes of the Plan to have been taken by the Committee.

4.     Shares Subject to the Plan .

4.1     Number of Shares Reserved . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5 hereof and subject to Section 15.10 hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock that are reserved for issuance under the Plan shall be the sum of (i) 5,230,000 shares of Common Stock, plus (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Prior Plan, as of the Effective Date (including shares of Common Stock subject to awards granted under the Prior Plan that would otherwise subsequently become available for issuance under the Prior Plan upon forfeiture, cancellation, termination or any other reason under the terms of the Prior Plan) (the “ Share Reserve ”). The total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options shall be 5,230,000 , subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5 hereof and the provisions of Sections 422 or 424 of the Code and any successor provisions. Each share of Common Stock subject to an Award shall reduce the Share Reserve by one share; provided , that Awards that are required to be paid in cash pursuant to their terms shall not reduce the Share Reserve. Any shares of Common Stock delivered under the Plan shall consist of authorized and unissued shares, treasury shares, or shares purchased on the open market.

4.2     Share Replenishment . To the extent that an Award granted under this Plan is cancelled, expired, forfeited, surrendered, settled by delivery of fewer shares than the number underlying the Award, settled in cash or otherwise terminated without delivery of the shares to the Participant, the shares of Common Stock retained by or returned to the Company will (i) not be deemed to have been delivered under the Plan, (ii) be available for future Awards under the Plan, and (iii) increase the Share Reserve by one share for each share that is retained by or returned

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to the Company; provided , that notwithstanding the foregoing, shares that are (x) withheld from an Award or separately surrendered by the Participant in payment of the exercise or purchase price or Tax-Related Items with respect to such an Award, (y) not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right or (z) repurchased on the open market using proceeds from the exercise of a Stock Option shall be deemed to constitute delivered shares, shall count against the Share Reserve and shall not be available for future Awards under the Plan and shall continue to be counted as outstanding for purposes of determining whether any of the Award limits specified in Sections 4.3 or 4.4 have been attained.

4.3     Awards Granted to Eligible Persons Other Than Non-Employee Directors . The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to (i) Stock Options, (ii) Stock Appreciation Rights, (iii) Restricted Stock Awards that vest in full or in part based on the attainment of Performance Goals and (iv) Restricted Stock Units that vest in full or in part based on the attainment of Performance Goals that are granted to any Eligible Person other than a Non- Employee Director during any calendar year shall be limited to 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock for each such Award type individually (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.5 hereof).

4.4     Awards Granted to Non-Employee Directors . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or in any policy of the Company regarding compensation payable to a Non-Employee Director, the sum of the grant date fair value (determined as of the grant date in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) of all Awards payable in shares of Common Stock, and the maximum amount that may become payable with respect to all cash-settled Awards that may be granted under the Plan to an individual as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director, together with cash compensation paid to the Non-Employee Director, shall not exceed $500,000 in any calendar year; provided, however, that if such Non-Employee Director is the Chairman of the Board, such amount shall not exceed $800,000 in any calendar year.

4.5     Adjustments . If there shall occur any change with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock by reason of any recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, extraordinary dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other distribution with respect to the shares of Common Stock or any merger, reorganization, consolidation, combination, spin-off, stock purchase or other similar corporate change or any other change affecting the Common Stock (other than regular cash dividends to stockholders of the Company), the Committee shall, in the manner and to the extent it considers equitable to the Participants and consistent with the terms of the Plan, (i) cause an adjustment to be made to the maximum number and kind of securities pursuant to Sections 4.1 (including the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Incentive Stock Options) and 4.3 hereof (including the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may become payable to a Participant pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof and the number of shares of Common Stock in the Unrestricted Pool), (ii) cause an adjustment to be made to the number and kind of securities, units or other rights subject to then outstanding Awards, (iii) cause an adjustment to be made to the exercise or base price for each share or unit or other right subject to then outstanding Awards, (iv) issue additional Awards or shares of Common Stock, issue dividend equivalent rights or make cash payments to the holders of outstanding Awards, in each case, on such terms and conditions as determined by the Committee, and/or (v) cause an adjustment to be made to any other terms of an Award that are affected by the event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) any such adjustments shall, to the extent necessary, be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and (b) in the case of Incentive Stock Options, any such adjustments shall, to the extent practicable, be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code.

5.     Eligibility and Awards .

5.1     Designation of Participants . Any Eligible Person may be selected by the Committee to receive an Award and become a Participant under the Plan. The Committee has the authority, in its discretion, to determine and designate from time to time those Eligible Persons who are to be granted Awards, the types of Awards to be granted, the number of shares of Common Stock or units subject to Awards to be granted, the terms and conditions of such

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Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, and to grant any such Awards. In selecting Eligible Persons to be Participants, and in determining the type and amount of Awards to be granted under the Plan, the Committee shall consider any and all factors that it deems relevant or appropriate. Designation of a Participant in any year shall not require the Committee to designate such person to receive an Award in any other year or, once designated, to receive the same type or amount of Award as granted to the Participant in any other year.

5.2     Determination of Awards . The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of all Awards granted to Participants in accordance with its authority under Section 3.2 hereof. An Award may consist of one type of right or benefit hereunder or of two or more such rights or benefits granted in tandem.

5.3     Award Agreements . Each Award granted to an Eligible Person under the Plan shall be represented by an Award Agreement. The terms of all Awards under the Plan, as determined by the Committee, will be set forth in each individual Award Agreement as described in Section 15.2 hereof.

5.4     Corporate Action Constituting Grant of Awards . Corporate action constituting a grant by the Company of an Award to any Participant will be deemed completed as of the date of such corporate action, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in the resolutions comprising such corporate action, regardless of when the instrument, certificate or letter evidencing the Award is communicated to, or actually received or accepted by, the Participant. In the event that the corporate records (e.g., Committee consents, resolutions or minutes) documenting the corporate action constituting the Award grant contain terms (e.g., exercise price, vesting schedule or number of shares) that are inconsistent with those in the Award Agreement or related grant documents as a result of a clerical error in the papering of the Award Agreement or related grant documents, the corporate records will control and the Participant will have no legally binding right to the incorrect term in the Award Agreement or related grant documents.

5.5     Minimum Vesting Requirements . Except for substitute Awards as set forth in Section 15.10 hereof, Awards relating to shares of Common Stock in the Unrestricted Pool, Awards granted under the Plan on or after the Effective Date shall vest no earlier than the one (1) year anniversary of the Date of Grant; provided, however, that the Committee, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of an Award upon a Change in Control in accordance with Section 12.3 hereof, or upon a Participant’s death or Disability, in each case, as set forth in the Award Agreement or the Committee’s subsequent resolutions. The Committee may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of an Award in circumstances other than a Change in Control or a Participant’s death or Disability, in each case, as set forth in the Award Agreement or the Committee’s subsequent resolutions, provided that such acceleration does not cause an Award that is subject to this Section 5.5 to vest or become exercisable prior to the first anniversary of the Date of Grant.

6.     Stock Options .

6.1     Grant of Stock Options . A Stock Option may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee, except that an Incentive Stock Option may only be granted to an Eligible Person satisfying the conditions of Section 6.7(a) hereof. Each Stock Option shall be designated on the Date of Grant, in the discretion of the Committee, as an Incentive Stock Option or as a Nonqualified Stock Option.

6.2     Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of a Stock Option shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Date of Grant. The Committee may in its discretion specify an exercise price per share that is higher than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Date of Grant.

6.3     Vesting of Stock Options . Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the Committee shall, in its discretion, prescribe the time or times at which or the conditions upon which a Stock Option or portion thereof shall become vested and/or exercisable. The requirements for vesting and exercisability of a Stock Option may be based on the continued Service of the Participant with the Company or a Subsidiary for a specified time period (or periods), on the

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attainment of a specified performance conditions or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion, all as set forth in the Award Agreement. If the vesting requirements of a Stock Option are not satisfied, the Award shall be forfeited as set forth in the Award Agreement.

6.4     Term of Stock Options . The Committee shall in its discretion prescribe in an Award Agreement the period during which a vested Stock Option may be exercised; provided, however, that the maximum term of a Stock Option shall be ten (10) years from the Date of Grant. The Committee may provide that a Stock Option will cease to be exercisable upon or at the end of a specified time period following a termination of Service for any reason as set forth in the Award Agreement or otherwise.

6.5     Stock Option Exercise; Tax Withholding . Subject to such terms and conditions as specified in an Award Agreement, a Stock Option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time during the term thereof by notice in the form required by the Company, together with payment of the aggregate exercise price and applicable Tax-Related Items withholding. Payment of the exercise price shall be made: (i) in cash or by cash equivalent acceptable to the Committee or (ii) to the extent permitted by the Committee in its sole discretion and set forth in the Award Agreement or otherwise (including by a policy or resolution of the Committee), (A) in shares of Common Stock valued at the Fair Market Value of such shares on the date of exercise, (B) through an open-market, broker-assisted sales transaction pursuant to which the Company is promptly delivered the amount of proceeds necessary to satisfy the exercise price, (C) by reducing the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Stock Option by the number of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price, (D) by a combination of the methods described above or (E) by such other method as may be approved by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. In addition to and at the time of the applicable taxable event, the Participant shall pay to the Company the full amount of any and all applicable Tax- Related Items required to be withheld in connection with the Option (including, such exercise), payable by such of the methods described above for the payment of the exercise price as may be approved by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement.

6.6     Limited Transferability of Nonqualified Stock Options . All Nonqualified Stock Options shall be exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant or by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. The Nonqualified Stock Options and the rights and privileges conferred thereby shall be non-transferable, except as otherwise provided in Section 15.3 hereof.

6.7     Additional Rules for Incentive Stock Options .

(a)     Eligibility . An Incentive Stock Option may only be granted to an Eligible Person who is considered an employee for purposes of Treasury Regulation § 1.421-1(h) with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary that qualifies as a “subsidiary corporation” with respect to the Company for purposes of Section 424(f) of the Code.

(b)     Annual Limits . No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to a Participant as a result of which the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Date of Grant) of the Common Stock with respect to which incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code are exercisable for the first time in any calendar year under the Plan and any other stock option plans of the Company or any subsidiary or parent corporation would exceed $100,000, determined in accordance with Section 422(d) of the Code. This limitation shall be applied by taking such incentive stock options into account in the order in which they were granted.

(c)     Additional Limitations . In the case of any Incentive Stock Option granted to an Eligible Person who owns, either directly or indirectly (taking into account the attribution rules contained in Section 424(d) of the Code), stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, the exercise price shall not be less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Date of Grant and the maximum term shall be five (5) years.

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(d)     Termination of Employment . An Award of an Incentive Stock Option shall provide that such Stock Option may be exercised not later than (i) three (3) months following termination of employment of the Participant with the Company and all Subsidiaries (other than as set forth in clause (ii) of this Section 6.7(d)) or (ii) one year following termination of employment of the Participant with the Company and all Subsidiaries due to death or permanent and total disability within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, in each case as and to the extent determined by the Committee to comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

(e)     Other Terms and Conditions; Nontransferability . No Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan may be granted more than ten (10) years following the date that the Plan is adopted or the date the Plan is approved by the Company’s stockholders, whichever is earlier. The Award Agreement representing any Incentive Stock Option granted hereunder shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as are deemed necessary or desirable by the Committee, which terms, together with the terms of the Plan, shall be intended and interpreted to cause such Incentive Stock Option to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code. A Stock Option that is granted as an Incentive Stock Option shall, to the extent it fails to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under the Code, be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option. An Incentive Stock Option shall by its terms be nontransferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of a Participant only by such Participant.

(f)     Disqualifying Dispositions . If shares of Common Stock acquired by exercise of an Incentive Stock Option are disposed of within two years following the Date of Grant or one year following the transfer of such shares to the Participant upon exercise, the Participant shall, promptly following such disposition, notify the Company in writing of the date and terms of such disposition and provide such other information regarding the disposition as the Company may reasonably require.

7.     Stock Appreciation Rights .

7.1     Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights . Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted on a basis that allows for the exercise of the right by the Participant or that provides for the automatic payment of the right upon a specified date or event, in either case, as set forth in the Award Agreement representing such Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights and the rights and privileges conferred thereby shall be non-transferable, except as provided in Section 15.3 hereof.

7.2     Stand-Alone Stock Appreciation Rights . A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted without any related Stock Option. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the Committee shall in its discretion provide in an Award Agreement the time or times at which or the conditions upon which a Stock Appreciation Right or portion thereof shall become vested and/or exercisable. The requirements for vesting and exercisability of a Stock Appreciation Right may be based on the continued Service of a Participant with the Company or a Subsidiary for a specified time period (or periods), on the attainment of a specified performance conditions or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion, all as set forth in the Award Agreement. If the vesting requirements of a Stock Appreciation Right are not satisfied, the Award shall be forfeited as set forth in the Award Agreement. A Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable or payable at such time or times as determined by the Committee as set forth in the Award Agreement; provided , that the maximum term of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be ten (10) years from the Date of Grant. The Committee may provide that a Stock Appreciation Right will cease to be exercisable upon or at the end of a period following a termination of Service for any reason as set forth in the Award Agreement. The base price of a Stock Appreciation Right granted without any related Stock Option shall be determined by the Committee in its discretion; provided , however , that the base price per share of any such stand-alone Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Date of Grant.

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7.3     Tandem Stock Option/Stock Appreciation Rights . A Stock Appreciation Right may be granted in tandem with a Stock Option and constitute a single Award. A tandem Stock Option/Stock Appreciation Right will entitle the holder to elect, as to all or any portion of the number of shares subject to the Award, to exercise either the Stock Option or the Stock Appreciation Right, resulting in the reduction of the corresponding number of shares subject to the Award, including the tandem Stock Appreciation Right or Stock Option, as applicable, not so exercised. A Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with a Stock Option hereunder shall have a base price per share equal to the per share exercise price of the Stock Option, will be vested and exercisable at the same time or times that a related Stock Option is vested and exercisable, and will expire no later than the time at which the related Stock Option expires, in each case, as set forth in the Award Agreement.

7.4     Payment of Stock Appreciation Rights . A Stock Appreciation Right will entitle the holder, upon exercise or other payment of the Stock Appreciation Right, as applicable, to receive an amount determined by multiplying: (i) the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date of exercise or payment of the Stock Appreciation Right over the base price of such Stock Appreciation Right, by (ii) the number of shares as to which such Stock Appreciation Right is exercised or paid. Payment of the amount determined under the foregoing may be made, as approved by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, in shares of Common Stock valued at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise or payment, in cash or in a combination of shares of Common Stock and cash, subject to applicable Tax- Related Items withholding requirements.

8.     Restricted Stock Awards .

8.1     Grant of Restricted Stock Awards . A Restricted Stock Award may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. The Committee may require the payment by the Participant of a specified purchase price in connection with the issuance of any Restricted Stock Award as set forth in the Award Agreement representing such Restricted Stock Award, which may also include the manner in which payment of any specified purchase price may be made as prescribed by the Committee.

8.2     Vesting Requirements . The restrictions imposed on shares granted under a Restricted Stock Award shall lapse in accordance with the vesting requirements specified by the Committee in the Award Agreement. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the requirements for vesting of a Restricted Stock Award may be based on the continued Service of the Participant with the Company or a Subsidiary for a specified time period (or periods), on the attainment of a specified Performance Goals or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion. If the vesting requirements of a Restricted Stock Award shall not be satisfied or, if applicable, the Performance Goals with respect to such Restricted Stock Award are not attained, the Award shall be forfeited and the shares of Stock subject to the Award shall be returned to the Company, as set forth in the Award Agreement.

8.3     Transfer Restrictions . Shares granted under any Restricted Stock Award and the rights and privileges conferred thereby shall be non- transferable until all applicable restrictions are removed or have expired, except as provided in Section 15.3 hereof. Failure to satisfy any applicable restrictions shall result in the subject shares of the Restricted Stock Award being forfeited and returned to the Company. The Committee may require in an Award Agreement that certificates (if any) representing the shares granted under a Restricted Stock Award bear a legend making appropriate reference to the restrictions imposed, and that certificates (if any) representing the shares granted or sold under a Restricted Stock Award will remain in the physical custody of an escrow holder (which may be the Company or an officer of the Company) until all restrictions are removed or have expired.

8.4     Rights as Stockholder . Subject to the provisions of Section 15.6 hereof, any dividends that are distributed with respect to Restricted Stock shall be paid in accordance with the applicable Award Agreement.

8.5     Section 83(b) Election . If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall file, within thirty (30) days following the Date of Grant, a copy of such election with the Company and with the Internal Revenue Service, in accordance with the regulations under Section 83 of the Code. The Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that the Restricted Stock Award is conditioned upon the Participant’s making or refraining from making an election with respect to the Award under Section 83(b) of the Code.

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9.     Restricted Stock Units .

9.1     Grant of Restricted Stock Units . A Restricted Stock Unit may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. The value of each Restricted Stock Unit shall be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the applicable date or time period of determination, as specified by the Committee. Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee shall determine and as set forth in the Award Agreement representing such Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units and the rights and privileges conferred thereby shall be non-transferable, except as provided in Section 15.3 hereof.

9.2     Vesting of Restricted Stock Units . Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, on the Date of Grant, the Committee shall, in its discretion, determine any vesting requirements with respect to Restricted Stock Units, which shall be set forth in the Award Agreement. The requirements for vesting of a Restricted Stock Unit may be based on the continued Service of the Participant with the Company or a Subsidiary for a specified time period (or periods), on the attainment of Performance Goals or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion. If the vesting requirements of a Restricted Stock Units Award are not satisfied or, if applicable, the Performance Goals with respect to such Restricted Stock Units Award are not attained, the Award shall be forfeited, as set forth in the Award Agreement.

9.3     Payment of Restricted Stock Units . Restricted Stock Units shall become payable to a Participant at the time or times determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, which may be upon or following the vesting of the Award. Payment of a Restricted Stock Unit may be made, as approved by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement, in cash or in shares of Common Stock or in a combination thereof, subject to applicable Tax-Related Items withholding requirements. Any cash payment of a Restricted Stock Unit shall be made based upon the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, determined on such date or over such time period as determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement.

9.4     Dividend Equivalent Rights. Restricted Stock Units may be granted together with a dividend equivalent right with respect to the shares of Common Stock subject to the Award, which dividend equivalent rights may be deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Stock Units or may be accumulated in cash, as determined by the Committee in its discretion and set forth in an Award Agreement. To the extent dividend equivalent rights are granted in connection with a Restricted Stock Unit, the dividend equivalent rights will be accumulated and subject to the restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the underlying Restricted Stock Unit.

9.5     No Rights or a Stockholder. The Participant shall not have any rights or be a stockholder with respect to the shares subject to a Restricted Stock Unit until such time as shares of Common Stock are delivered to the Participant pursuant to the terms of the Award Agreement.

10.     Performance Awards and Performance Criteria .

10.1     Establishment of Performance-Based Terms . The Committee may grant Awards that vest, in whole or in part, based on Performance Goals (“ Performance Awards ”). The Committee will determine with respect to Performance Award the duration of the performance period, the Performance Criteria, the applicable Performance Goals relating to the Performance Criteria and the amount and terms of payment/vesting upon achievement of the Performance Goals.

10.2     Performance Criteria . For purposes of Performance Awards, the “ Performance Criteria ” shall include, but are not limited to, any one or more of the following, for the Company or any identified Subsidiary, division or business unit or line, as determined by the Committee at the time of the Award: (i) total stockholder return; (ii) such total stockholder return as compared to total return (on a comparable basis) of a publicly available index

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such as, but not limited to, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index; (iii) net income; (iv) pretax earnings; (v) adjusted net income; (vi) adjusted pretax earnings; (vii) adjusted earnings per share; (viii) adjusted earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“ EBITDA ”); (ix) pretax operating earnings after interest expense and before bonuses, service fees, and extraordinary or special items; (x) operating margin; (xi) earnings per share; (xii) return on equity; (xiii) return on capital; (xiv) return on investment; (xv) operating earnings; (xvi) working capital; (xvii) ratio of debt to stockholders’ equity; (xviii) revenue; (xix) free cash flow (i.e., EBITDA, less cash taxes, cash interest, net capital expenditures, mandatory payments of principal under any credit facility and payments under collateralized lease obligations and financing lease obligations); and (xx) any combination of or a specified increase in any of the foregoing.

10.3     Performance Goals . For purposes of Performance Awards, the “ Performance Goals ” shall be the levels of achievement relating to the Performance Criteria selected by the Committee for the Award. The Performance Goals may be applied on an absolute basis or relative to an identified index, peer group or one or more competitors or other companies (including particular business segments or divisions of such companies), as specified by the Committee. The Performance Goals need not be the same for all Participants.

10.4     Adjustments . At the time that an Award is granted, the Committee may provide for the Performance Goals or the manner in which performance will be measured against the Performance Goals to be adjusted in such objective manner as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, adjustments to reflect non-cash losses or charges (e.g., amortization expense, stock-based compensation, impairments, etc.), charges for restructurings, non-operating income, the impact of corporate transactions, discontinued operations or financing transactions, severance and recruitment costs, “run rate” savings, costs incurred in establishing new manufacturing sources, specified legal expenses, extraordinary and other unusual or non-recurring items or events and the cumulative effects of accounting or tax law changes. In addition, with respect to a Participant hired or promoted following the beginning of a performance period, the Committee may determine to prorate the Performance Goals and/or the amount of any payment in respect of such Participant’s Performance Awards for the partial performance period.

11.     Stock Awards .

11.1     Grant of Stock Awards . A Stock Award may be granted to any Eligible Person selected by the Committee. A Stock Award may be granted for past, or in anticipation of future, Services, in lieu of any discretionary bonus or other discretionary cash compensation, as directors’ compensation or for any other valid purpose as determined by the Committee. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Awards, including any applicable requirements for vesting of a Stock Award which may be based on the continued Service of the Participant with the Company or a Subsidiary for a specified time period (or periods) or on such other terms and conditions as approved by the Committee in its discretion. Stock Awards relating to shares of Common Stock in the Unrestricted Pool shall be made without vesting requirements. In addition, the Committee may, in connection with any Stock Award, require the payment of a specified purchase price, which may also include the manner in which payment of any specified purchase price may be made as prescribed by the Committee.

11.2     Rights as Stockholder . Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 11 and the applicable Award Agreement, upon the issuance of the Common Stock under a Stock Award, the Participant shall have all rights of a stockholder with respect to the shares of Common Stock, including the right to vote the shares and, subject to Section 15.6, receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect thereto.

11.3     Elections to Receive Stock in Lieu of Compensation . Subject to Section 409A of the Code and, if applicable, Section 15.4 hereof, upon the request of a Participant who is a U.S. taxpayer and with the consent of the Committee, such Participant may, pursuant to an advance written election delivered to the Company no later than the date specified by the Committee, receive a portion of the cash compensation otherwise due to such Participant in the form of shares of Common Stock either currently or on a deferred basis in accordance with Section 15.4 hereof.

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11.4     Restrictions on Transfers . The right to receive shares of Common Stock on a deferred basis and the rights and privileges conferred thereby shall be non-transferable, except as provided in Section 15.3 hereof.

12.     Change in Control .

12.1     Effect on Awards other than Performance Awards . Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, except as set forth in Section 12.2 below: (i) if a Participant’s Awards are not converted, assumed, substituted or replaced by a successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, then in connection with such Change in Control such Awards shall become fully exercisable and all forfeiture restrictions on such Awards shall lapse; and (ii) if an employee Participant’s Awards are converted, assumed, substituted or replaced by a successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof after a Change in Control, the vesting of the Awards will automatically accelerate upon an involuntary termination of the Participant’s employment by the Company or a Subsidiary without Cause or Participant’s resignation for Good Reason (as defined in the applicable Award Agreement) within the period designated in the applicable Award Agreement following the effective date of such Change in Control, and accordingly, all such Awards shall become fully exercisable and all forfeiture restrictions on the Awards shall lapse. In the event that the terms of any agreement (other than the Award Agreement) between the Company or any Subsidiary and a Participant contains provisions that conflict with and are more restrictive than the provisions of this Section 12.1, this Section 12.1 shall prevail and control and the more restrictive terms of such agreement (and only such terms) shall be of no force or effect.

12.2     Effect on Performance Awards . In the event of a Change in Control, the vesting and payout of Performance Awards shall be as provided in the Award Agreement or in such other written agreement entered into between the Company and a Participant.

12.3     Further Adjustments . Subject to Section 12.1, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Committee is authorized (but not obligated) to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable, and fair and equitable to the Participants, with respect to outstanding Awards, including, without limitation, any of the following (or any combination thereof):

(a)    continuation or assumption of such outstanding Awards under the Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving company or corporation) or by the surviving company or corporation or its parent;

(b)    substitution by the surviving company or corporation or its parent of awards with substantially the same or comparable terms (including with respect to economic value) for outstanding Awards (with appropriate adjustments to the type of consideration payable upon settlement of the Awards);

(c)    accelerated exercisability, vesting and/or payment under outstanding Awards immediately prior to or upon the occurrence of such event or upon a termination of employment following such event; and

(d)    if all or substantially all of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock are transferred in exchange for cash consideration in connection with such Change in Control:

(i)    upon written notice, provide that any outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights are exercisable during a reasonable period of time immediately prior to the scheduled consummation of the event or such other reasonable period as determined by the Committee (contingent upon the consummation of the event), and at the end of such period, such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate to the extent not so exercised within the relevant period; and

(ii)    cancellation of all or any portion of outstanding Awards for fair value (in the form of cash, shares, other property or any combination thereof) as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee; provided , that in the case of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, the fair value may equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction to holders of the same number of

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shares of Common Stock subject to such Awards (or, if no such consideration is paid, Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Awards or portion thereof being canceled) over the aggregate exercise or base price, as applicable, with respect to such Awards or portion thereof being canceled, or, if there is no such excess, zero.

12.4     Definition of Change in Control. Unless otherwise defined in an Award Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall mean the occurrence of one of the following events:

(a)    Any Person becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power, excluding any Person who Beneficially Owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power on the Effective Date of the Plan, of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of its directors (the “ Outstanding Company Voting Securities ”), including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise; provided , however , that for purposes of this definition, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition of Outstanding Company Voting Securities directly from the Company, including, without limitation, a public offering of securities or (ii) any acquisition of Outstanding Company Voting Securities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including an acquisition by any employee benefit plan or related trust sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(b)    Consummation of a reorganization, merger, or consolidation to which the Company is a party or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “ Business Combination ”), unless, following such Business Combination: (i) any Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination are the Beneficial Owners, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or election of members of a comparable governing body) of the entity resulting from the Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity which, as a result of such transaction, owns all or substantially all of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (the “ Successor Entity ”) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination; or (ii) no Person (excluding any Successor Entity or any employee benefit plan or related trust of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, such Successor Entity or any of its subsidiaries) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or comparable governing body) of the Successor Entity, except to the extent that such ownership of the Company existed prior to the Business Combination.

(c)    Approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if it is effected for the purpose of changing the place of incorporation, tax residency or form of organization of the ultimate parent entity (including where the ultimate parent entity is succeeded by an entity incorporated under the laws of another state, country or foreign government for such purpose and whether or not the former ultimate parent entity remains in existence following such transaction) and where the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to any such transaction own (or continue to own by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the successor parent entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the former ultimate parent entity or the successor ultimate parent entity immediately following such transaction, in substantially the same proportion to each other as prior to such transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code with respect to the payment of “nonqualified deferred compensation,” “Change of Control” shall be defined as, and limited to, a “change in control event” as defined under Section 409A of the Code.

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13.     Forfeiture Events .

13.1     General . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, all Awards shall be and remain subject to any incentive compensation clawback or recoupment policy currently in effect, as may be amended from time to time, or any policy that may be adopted by the Board or Committee providing for the recovery of Awards, Shares, proceeds, or payments to Participants in the event of a Participant’s fraud or misconduct or as required by applicable laws or to address governance considerations or in other similar circumstances. No such policy adoption or amendment shall in any event require the prior consent of any Participant. The Committee also may specify in an Award Agreement at the time of the Award that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but shall not be limited to, termination of Service for Cause, violation of material Company policies, breach of noncompetition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or one of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to Section 11.3 hereof shall be subject to this Section 13 hereof, other than Section 13.3 hereof or the terms or as otherwise may be required pursuant to the terms and conditions of such cash compensation otherwise due to the Participant.

13.2     Termination for Cause .

(a)     Treatment of Awards . Unless otherwise provided by the Committee and set forth in an Award Agreement, if (i) a Participant’s Service with the Company or any Subsidiary shall be terminated for Cause, or (ii) after termination of Service for any other reason, the Committee determines in its discretion, that the Participant engaged in conduct that violates any continuing obligation or duty of the Participant set forth in any executive or restrictive covenant agreement with respect to non-competition, non-solicitation, confidentiality, intellectual property or trade secret protection, or any similar agreement to which the Participant is a party in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary (any such event described in clause (i) or (ii), with respect to any Participant, shall be a “ Forfeiture Event ” with respect to such Participant), then such Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to such an Award shall be subject to cancellation, forfeiture and/or recoupment, as provided in Section 13.3 below. The Committee shall have the power to determine whether, and the date on which, any Forfeiture Event has occurred and whether to exercise the right of recapture provided in Section 13.3. Any such determination shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Participant. In addition, if the Committee shall reasonably determine that a Forfeiture Event with respect to any Participant has occurred, then the Committee may suspend such Participant’s rights to exercise, receive any payment under or vest in any right with respect to any Award pending a final determination by the Committee of whether such an act has been committed.

(b)     Definition of Cause . Unless otherwise defined in an Award Agreement, “ Cause ” shall mean:

(i)    if a Participant has an effective employment agreement, service agreement or other similar agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary that defines “Cause” or a like term, the meaning set forth in such agreement at the time of the Participant’s termination of Service; or,

(ii)    in the absence of such definition, (A) the Participant’s breach of any fiduciary duty or material breach of any legal or contractual obligation to the Company or any of its Affiliates, or to the Company’s direct or indirect equity holders, (B) the Participant’s failure to follow the reasonable instructions of the Board or such Participant’s direct supervisor, which breach, if curable, is not cured within ten (10) business days after notice to such Participant or, if cured, recurs within one hundred eighty (180) days, (C) the Participant’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud or acts of dishonesty relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates or (D) the Participant’s conviction of any misdemeanor relating to the affairs of the Company or any of its Affiliates or indictment for any felony.

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13.3     Right of Recapture .

(a)     General . If a Forfeiture Event with respect to a Participant occurs at any time within one (1) year (or such longer time period specified in any Award Agreement or other agreement with a Participant) after the date on which any Award to such Participant is exercised, vests, becomes payable or is paid or the date on which gain or income is otherwise realized in connection with any such Award, then any gain or income realized by the Participant from the exercise, vesting, payment or other realization event in connection with such Award shall be paid by the Participant to the Company upon written notice from the Company or the Committee, subject to applicable state or local law. Such gain or income shall be determined as of the date or dates on which such gain or income is realized by the Participant, without regard to any subsequent change in the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock. The Company shall, subject to compliance with Section 409A of the Code and other applicable law, have the right to offset any such gain or income against any amounts otherwise owed to the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary (whether as wages, vacation pay or pursuant to any benefit plan or other compensatory arrangement).

(b)     Accounting Restatement . If pursuant to any Award a Participant receives compensation calculated by reference to financial statements that are subsequently required to be restated in a way that would decrease the value of such compensation, then the Participant will, upon the written request of the Committee and in the Committee’s sole discretion, forfeit and repay to the Company the difference between what the Participant received during the period of three years preceding the date on which the Company becomes required to prepare the restatement and what the Participant should have received based on the accounting restatement, in accordance with (i) the Company’s compensation recovery, “clawback” or similar policy, if any, as may be in effect from time to time and (ii) any compensation recovery, “clawback” or similar policy made applicable by law, including the provisions of Section 945 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules, regulations and requirements adopted thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s equity securities may be listed, as may be in effect from time to time (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “ Policy ”). By accepting an Award hereunder, each Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Policy shall apply to such Award, and all incentive-based compensation payable pursuant to such Award shall be subject to forfeiture and repayment pursuant to the terms of the Policy. Although not required to give effect to the provisions of this Section 13.3(b), the Committee may, as it deems appropriate, amend the Plan to reflect the terms of the Policy, which shall not be deemed a material amendment.

14.     Transfer, Leave of Absence, Etc . For purposes of the Plan, except as otherwise determined by the Committee, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of Service:

(a)    a Participant’s transfer of employment or termination with immediate rehire from the Company to a Subsidiary or from a Subsidiary to the Company, or from one Subsidiary to another Subsidiary, or a Participant’s change in status from employee to consultant, Non-Employee Director, or other personal service provider; or

(b)    an approved leave of absence for military service or sickness, or for any other purpose approved by the Company, if the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Committee otherwise so provides in writing.

15.     General Provisions .

15.1     Status of Plan . The Committee may (but shall not be obligated to) authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver stock or make payments with respect to Awards.

15.2     Award Agreement . Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which may include special terms for non-U.S. Participants in a separate appendix, in a written or electronic form approved

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by the Committee setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock subject to or otherwise underlying the Award, the exercise price, base price or purchase price of the Award, the time or times at which an Award will become vested, exercisable or payable and the term of the Award. The Award Agreement may also set forth the effect on an Award of a Change in Control or a termination of Service under certain circumstances. The Award Agreement shall be subject to and shall (or shall be deemed to) incorporate, by reference or otherwise, all of the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan, and may also set forth other terms and conditions applicable to the Award as determined by the Committee consistent with the limitations of the Plan. The grant of an Award under the Plan shall not confer any rights upon the Participant holding such Award other than such terms, and subject to such conditions, as are specified in the Plan as being applicable to such type of Award (or to all Awards) or as are expressly set forth in the Award Agreement. The Committee need not require the execution of an Award Agreement by a Participant, in which case, acceptance of the Award by the Participant shall constitute agreement by the Participant to the terms, conditions, restrictions and limitations set forth in the Plan and the Award Agreement as well as the administrative guidelines of the Company in effect from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall prevail.

15.3     No Assignment or Transfer; Beneficiaries . Except as provided in Section 6.7(e) hereof or as otherwise determined by the Committee, Awards under the Plan shall not be assignable or transferable by the Participant, and shall not be subject in any manner to assignment, alienation, pledge, encumbrance or charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of the death of a Participant, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award Agreement, an outstanding Award may be exercised by or shall become payable to the Participant’s beneficiary as designated by the Participant in the manner prescribed by the Committee or, in the absence of an authorized beneficiary designation, by a legatee or legatees of such Award under the participant’s last will or by such Participant’s executors, personal representatives or distributees of such Award in accordance with the Participant’s will or the laws of descent and distribution. The Committee may provide in the terms of an Award Agreement or in any other manner prescribed by the Committee that the Participant shall have the right to designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries who shall be entitled to any rights, payments or other benefits specified under an Award following the Participant’s death.

15.4     Deferrals of Payment . The Committee may in its discretion permit a Participant to defer the receipt of payment of cash or delivery of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be due to the Participant by virtue of (a) the exercise of a right or the satisfaction of vesting or other conditions with respect to an Award or (b) an election to receive shares of Common Stock (in lieu of compensation otherwise payable in cash) on a deferred basis pursuant to Section 11.3 hereof; provided , however , that such discretion shall not apply in the case of a Stock Option or Stock Appreciation Right. If any such deferral is to be permitted by the Committee, the Committee shall establish rules and procedures relating to such deferral in a manner intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, including, without limitation, the time when an election to defer may be made, the time period of the deferral and the events that would result in payment of the deferred amount, the interest or other earnings attributable to the deferral and the method of funding, if any, attributable to the deferred amount.

15.5     No Right to Employment or Continued Service . Nothing in the Plan, in the grant of any Award or in any Award Agreement shall confer upon any Eligible Person or any Participant any right to continue in the Service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to terminate the Service relationship of an Eligible Person or a Participant for any reason at any time.

15.6     Rights as Stockholder . Except as may otherwise be provided herein, a Participant shall have no rights as a holder of shares of Common Stock with respect to any unissued securities covered by an Award until the date the Participant become the holder of record of such securities. For Restricted Stock or Stock Awards subject to vesting, dividends shall be accumulated and subject to any restrictions and risk of forfeiture to which the underlying Restricted Stock and Stock Award is subject. Subject to Section 4.5 hereof or as otherwise determined by the Committee, no adjustment or other provision shall be made for dividends or other stockholder rights, except to the extent that the Award Agreement provides for dividend payments, dividend equivalent rights or other similar rights,

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it being understood that the Committee may provide for the payment of dividends and other distributions to the Participant at such times as paid to the stockholders or at the times of vesting or otherwise set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. The Committee may determine in its discretion the manner of delivery of Common Stock to be issued under the Plan, which may be by delivery of stock certificates, electronic account entry into new or existing accounts or any other means as the Committee, in its discretion, deems appropriate. The Committee may (a) require that the stock certificates (if any) be held in escrow by the Company (or any of its officers) for any shares of Common Stock, (b) cause the shares of Common Stock to be legended in order to comply with the securities laws or other applicable restrictions or (c) should the shares of Common Stock be represented by book or electronic account entry rather than a certificate, take such steps to restrict transfer of such shares of Common Stock as the Committee considers necessary or advisable.

15.7     Trading Policy Restrictions . Option exercises and other Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policy or other trading or ownership policy-related restrictions, terms and conditions as in effect from time to time.

15.8     Section 409A Compliance and Section  280G .

(a)     Section 409A. To the maximum extent possible, it is intended that the Plan and all Awards hereunder are, and shall be, exempt from or otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the regulations thereunder promulgated by the United States Department of Treasury (the “ Treasury Regulations ”) and other guidance issued thereunder, and that the Plan and all Award Agreements shall be interpreted and applied by the Committee in a manner consistent with this intent in order to avoid the imposition of any additional Tax-Related Items under Section 409A of the Code. In the event that any (i) provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement, (ii) Award, payment or transaction or (iii) other action or arrangement contemplated by the provisions of the Plan is determined by the Committee to not comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Treasury Regulations and other guidance issued thereunder, the Committee shall have the authority to take such actions and to make such changes to the Plan or an Award Agreement as the Committee deems necessary to comply with such requirements. No payment that constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code that would otherwise be made under the Plan or an Award Agreement upon a termination of Service will be made or provided unless and until such termination is also a “separation from service,” as determined in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything elsewhere in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, if a Participant is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code at the time of termination of Service with respect to an Award, then solely to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of any additional Tax- Related Items under Section 409A of the Code, the commencement of any payments or benefits under the Award shall be deferred until the date that is one day after six months following the Participant’s termination of Service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid (in a manner set forth in the Award Agreement) on the payment date that immediately follows the end of such six-month period (or death) or as soon as administratively practicable within thirty (30) days thereafter, but in no event later than the end of the applicable taxable year. In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional Tax-Related Items, interest or penalties that may be imposed on a Participant by Section 409A of the Code or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A of the Code.

(b)     Section 280G .

(i)    Anything in this Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the receipt of all payments or distributions by the Company in the nature of compensation to or for a Participant’s benefit, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Plan or otherwise (a “ Payment ”), would subject the Participant to the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, the accounting firm which audited the Company immediately prior to the corporate transaction which results in the application of such excise tax (the “ Accounting Firm ”) shall determine whether to reduce any of the Payments to the Reduced Amount (as defined below). The Payments shall be reduced to the Reduced Amount only if the Accounting Firm determines that the Participant would have a greater Net After-Tax

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Receipt (as defined below) of aggregate Payments if the Participant’s Payments were reduced to the Reduced Amount. If such a determination is not made by the Accounting Firm, the Participant shall receive all Payments to which the Participant is entitled.

(ii)    If the Accounting Firm determines that aggregate Payments should be reduced to the Reduced Amount, the Company shall promptly give the Participant notice to that effect and a copy of the detailed calculation thereof. All determinations made by the Accounting Firm under this Section 15.8(b) shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than sixty (60) days following the date of termination or such earlier date as requested by the Company. For purposes of reducing the Payments to the Reduced Amount, such reduction shall be implemented by determining the Parachute Payment Ratio (as defined below) for each Payment and then reducing the Payments in order beginning with the Payment with the highest Parachute Payment Ratio. For Payments with the same Parachute Payment Ratio, such Payments shall be reduced based on the time of payment of such Payments, with amounts having later payment dates being reduced first. For Payments with the same Parachute Payment Ratio and the same time of payment, such Payments shall be reduced on a pro rata basis (but not below zero) prior to reducing Payments with a lower Parachute Payment Ratio. In all cases, the reduction of Payments shall be implemented in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. All other provisions of any agreement embodying the Payments shall remain in full force and effect. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company.

(iii)    As a result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that amounts will have been paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of the Participant pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise which should not have been so paid or distributed (the “ Overpayment ”) or that additional amounts which will have not been paid or distributed by the Company to or for the benefit of the Participant pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise could have been so paid or distributed (the “ Underpayment ”), in each case, consistent with the calculation of the Reduced Amount hereunder. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon the assertion of a deficiency by the Internal Revenue Service against either the Company or the Participant which the Accounting Firm believes has a high probability of success, determines that an Overpayment has been made, the Participant shall pay any such Overpayment to the Company together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code; provided , however , that no amount shall be payable by the Participant to the Company if and to the extent such payment would not either reduce the amount on which the Participant is subject to tax under Section 1 and Section 4999 of the Code or generate a refund of such taxes. In the event that the Accounting Firm, based upon controlling precedent or substantial authority, determines that an Underpayment has occurred, any such Underpayment shall be paid promptly (and in no event later than sixty (60) days following the date on which the Underpayment is determined) by the Company to or for the benefit of the Participant together with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2) of the Code.

(iv)    For purposes hereof, the following terms have the meanings set forth below: (A) “ Reduced Amount ” shall mean the greatest amount of Payments that can be paid that would not result in the imposition of the excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code if the Accounting Firm determines to reduce Payments pursuant to this Section 15.8(b), (B) “ Net After-Tax Receipt ” shall mean the present value (as determined in accordance with Sections 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Payment net of all taxes imposed on the Participant with respect thereto under Sections 1 and 4999 of the Code and under applicable state and local laws, determined by applying the highest marginal rate under Section 1 of the Code and under state and local laws which applied to the Participant’s taxable income for the immediately preceding taxable year, or such other rate(s) as the Participant certifies, in the Participant’s sole discretion, as likely to apply to the Participant in the relevant tax year(s), and (C) ” Parachute Payment Ratio ” shall mean a fraction the numerator of which is the present value (as determined in accordance with Sections 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of the applicable Payment for purposes of Section 280G and the denominator of which is the intrinsic value of such Payment.

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15.9     Securities and Exchange Control Law Compliance . No shares of Common Stock will be issued or transferred pursuant to an Award unless and until all then applicable requirements imposed by U.S. federal, state, and foreign securities, exchange control and other laws, rules and regulations and by any regulatory agencies having jurisdiction, and by any exchanges upon which the shares of Common Stock may be listed, have been fully met. As a condition precedent to the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the grant or exercise of an Award, the Company may require the Participant to take any reasonable action to meet such requirements. The Committee may impose such conditions on any shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, restrictions under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under the requirements of any exchange upon which such shares of the same class are then listed, and under any other securities or other laws applicable to such shares.

15.10     Substitute Awards in Corporate Transactions . Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Committee to grant Awards under the Plan in connection with the acquisition, whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or other corporate transaction, of the business or assets of any corporation or other entity. Without limiting the foregoing, the Committee may grant Awards under the Plan to an employee, director or other personal service provider of another corporation who becomes an Eligible Person by reason of any such corporate transaction in substitution for awards previously granted by such corporation or entity to such person. The terms and conditions of the substitute Awards may vary from the terms and conditions that would otherwise be required by the Plan solely to the extent the Committee deems necessary for such purpose. Any such substitute awards shall not (a) reduce the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan, (b) be subject to or counted against the Award limits specified in Sections 4.3 or 4.4 hereof or (c) replenish the Share Reserve upon the occurrence of any event set forth in Section 4.2 hereof, to the extent permitted under the rules of the Principal Exchange.

15.11     Tax Withholding . The Participant shall be responsible for payment of any Tax-Related Items or similar charges required by law to be paid or withheld from an Award or an amount paid in satisfaction of an Award, or otherwise applicable to the Participant. Any required Tax-Related Items withholdings shall be paid by the Participant on or prior to the payment or other event that results in taxable income in respect of an Award. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold automatically from any amount deliverable under the Award or otherwise, or require a Participant to remit to the Company or the applicable Subsidiary, an amount necessary to satisfy Tax-Related Items withholding requirements with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the Plan. The Award Agreement may specify the manner in which the withholding obligation shall be satisfied with respect to the particular type of Award, which may include, without limitation, permitting the Participant to elect to satisfy the withholding obligation by tendering shares of Common Stock to the Company or having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock having a value at least sufficient to satisfy the statutory amount of Tax-Related Items or similar charges required to be paid or withheld.

15.12     Prohibition on Repricing. Except in the case of an adjustment as provided in Section 4.5 hereof and subject to Section 15.10 hereof, the terms of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights may not be amended, and action may not otherwise be taken without stockholder approval, to: (i) reduce the exercise price or base price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights; (ii) cancel outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price or base price that is less than the exercise price or base price of the original Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights; or (iii) replace outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for other Awards or cash at a time when the Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights have a per share exercise price that is higher than the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock.

15.13     Unfunded Plan . The adoption of the Plan and any reservation of shares of Common Stock or cash amounts by the Company to discharge its obligations hereunder shall not be deemed to create a trust or other funded arrangement. Except upon the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to an Award, any rights of a Participant under the Plan shall be those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company, and neither a Participant nor the Participant’s

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permitted transferees or estate shall have any other interest in any assets of the Company by virtue of the Plan. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to implement or set aside funds in a grantor trust, subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors or otherwise, to discharge its obligations under the Plan. The Plan is not subject to the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

15.14     Other Compensation and Benefit Plans . The adoption of the Plan shall not affect any other share incentive or other compensation plans in effect for the Company or any Subsidiary, nor shall the Plan preclude the Company or any Subsidiary from establishing any other forms of share incentive or other compensation or benefit program for employees of the Company or any Subsidiary. The amount of any income deemed to be received by a Participant pursuant to an Award shall not constitute includable compensation for purposes of determining the amount of benefits to which a Participant is entitled under any other compensation or benefit plan or program of the Company or a Subsidiary, including, without limitation, under any pension or severance benefits plan, except to the extent specifically provided by the terms of any such plan.

15.15     Plan Binding on Transferees . The Plan shall be binding upon the Company, its transferees and assigns, and the Participant, the Participant’s executor, personal representative(s), distributes, administrator, permitted transferees, permitted assignees, beneficiaries and legatee(s), as applicable.

15.16     Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be determined to be illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other jurisdiction.

15.17     Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . The Plan and each Award Agreement and all claims, causes of action or proceedings (whether in contract, in tort, at law or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts- or choice-of-law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. Each Participant and each party to an Award Agreement agrees that it shall bring all claims, causes of action and proceedings (whether in contract, in tort, at law or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or be related to the Plan or any Award Agreement exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery or, in the event (but only in the event) that such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such claim, cause of action or proceeding, exclusively in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Chosen Court ”), and hereby (i) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Court, (ii) waives any objection to laying venue in any such proceeding in the Chosen Court, (iii) waives any objection that the Chosen Court is an inconvenient forum or does not have jurisdiction over any party and (iv) agrees that service of process upon such party in any such claim or cause of action shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with such Award Agreement.

15.18     No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine (i) whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock or (ii) whether such fractional shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated (in the case of this clause (ii), with no consideration paid therefor).

15.19     No Guarantees Regarding Tax Treatment . Neither the Company nor the Committee make any guarantees to any person regarding the tax treatment of Awards or payments made under the Plan. Neither the Company nor the Committee has any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any Tax-Related Items on any person with respect to any Award under Section 409A of the Code, Section 4999 of the Code, Section 280G of the Code or otherwise and neither the Company nor the Committee shall have any liability to a person with respect thereto.

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15.20     Awards to Non-U.S. Employees, Non-Employee Directors or Consultants. With respect to grants of Awards to Eligible Persons residing in countries other than the United States in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operates or has employees, Non-Employee Directors, consultants or other personal service providers, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to:

(a)    Determine and modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Participants outside the United States to comply with applicable foreign laws, including, but not limited to (i) limiting the methods of payment of the exercise price or purchase price and Tax-Related Items withholding, (ii) restricting the sale of shares of Common Stock subject to an Award, (iii) determining whether Awards shall be settled in cash, Common Stock or a combination thereof, (iv) permitting or restricting the use of beneficiary designations, (v) limiting or requiring a deferral of the payment of cash or shares of Common Stock otherwise due in satisfaction of an Award, (vi) qualifying or disqualifying an Award under a “tax advantaged” program, and (vii) requiring payment of employer social contributions due with respect to an Award as a condition of an Award;

(b)    Take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local government regulatory exemptions or approvals; and

(c)    Establish subplans and Award Agreements and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable. Any subplans to the Plan established under this Section 15.20 by the Committee shall be attached to this Plan document as appendices.

16.     Term; Amendment and Termination; Stockholder Approval .

16.1     Term . The Plan, which was duly adopted and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company by resolution at a meeting held on the March  15, 2018 shall become effective as of the date the shareholders approve the Plan (the “ Effective Date ”). The Plan shall continue in effect until terminated by the Committee in accordance with Section 16.2 hereof.

16.2     Amendment and Termination . The Committee may from time to time and in any respect, amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan; provided , that, except as provided in Section 15.8, Section 15.20 or as otherwise determined by the Committee as it deems necessary to comply with applicable laws, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award theretofore granted without the consent of the Participant or the permitted transferee of the Award. The Committee may seek the approval of any amendment, modification, suspension or termination by the Company’s stockholders to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its discretion for purposes of compliance with Section 422 of the Code, the listing requirements of the Principal Market or other exchange or securities market or for any other purpose.

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Exhibit 10.2

SYNEOS HEALTH, INC.

2016 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

(As Amended and Restated on May 24, 2018)

1.     Definitions .

(a)    “Administrator” means the Committee or one or more of the Company’s officers or management team appointed by the Board or Committee to administer the day-to-day operations of the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, the Board or Committee may assign any of its administrative tasks to the Administrator.

(b)    “Affiliate” means any Parent or Subsidiary and any person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company or any other entity designated by the Board in which the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate has an interest.

(c)    “Applicable Law” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards under state corporate laws, United States federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where rights are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

(d)    “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

(e)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(f)    “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(i)    Any Person becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power, excluding any Person who Beneficially Owns fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting power on the Effective Date of the Plan, of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of its directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”), including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition of Outstanding Company Voting Securities directly from the Company, including, without limitation, a public offering of securities or (ii) any acquisition of Outstanding Company Voting Securities by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including an acquisition by any employee benefit plan or related trust sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(ii)    Consummation of a reorganization, merger, or consolidation to which the Company is a party or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a “Business Combination”), unless, following such Business Combination: (i) any Persons who were the Beneficial Owners of Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination are the Beneficial Owners, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or election of members of a comparable governing body) of the entity resulting from the Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity which, as a result of such transaction, owns all or substantially all of the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (the “Successor Entity”) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination; or (ii) no Person (excluding any Successor Entity or any employee benefit plan or related trust of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, such Successor Entity or any of its subsidiaries) is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or comparable governing body) of the Successor Entity, except to the extent that such ownership of the Company existed prior to the Business Combination.

(iii)    Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

A transaction shall not constitute a Change in Control if it is effected for the purpose of changing the place of incorporation, tax residency or form of organization of the ultimate parent entity (including where the ultimate parent entity is succeeded by an entity incorporated under the laws of another state, country or foreign government for such purpose and whether or not the former ultimate parent entity remains in existence following such transaction) and where the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to any such transaction own (or continue to own by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the successor parent entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the former ultimate parent entity or the successor ultimate parent entity immediately following such transaction, in substantially the same proportion to each other as prior to such transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 409A of the Code with respect to the payment of “nonqualified deferred compensation,” “Change of Control” shall be defined as, and limited to, a “change in control event” as defined under Section 409A of the Code.

(g)    “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code or United States Treasury Regulation thereunder will include such section or regulation, any valid regulation or other official applicable guidance promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

(h)    “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any subcommittee referred to in Section 4(c).

(i)    “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value per share, as the same may be converted, changed, reclassified or exchanged.

(j)    “Company” means Syneos Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s business that adopts the Plan.

(k)    “Contributions” means the amount of Eligible Pay contributed by a Participating Employee through payroll deductions and other additional payments that the Administrator may permit a Participating Employee to make to fund the exercise of rights to purchase Shares granted pursuant to the Plan.

(l)    “Designated Company” means any Subsidiary or Affiliate, whether now existing or existing in the future, that has been designated by the Administrator from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan. The Administrator may designate Subsidiaries or Affiliates as Designated Companies in a Non-Section 423 Offering. For purposes of a Section 423 Offering, only the Company and its Subsidiaries may be Designated Companies, provided, however that at any given time, a Subsidiary that is a Designated Company under a Section 423 Offering will not be a Designated Company under a Non-Section 423 Offering.

(m)    “Effective Date” means the date the Plan is approved by the Board.

(n)    “Eligible Employee” means any individual in an employee-employer relationship with the Company or a Designated Company for income tax and employment tax withholding and reporting purposes. For purposes of clarity, the term “Eligible Employee” shall not include the following, regardless of any subsequent reclassification as an employee by the Company or a Designated Company, any governmental agency, or any court: (i) any independent contractor; (ii) any consultant; (iii) any individual performing services for the Company or a Designated Company who has entered into an independent contractor or consultant agreement with the Company or a Designated Company; (iv) any individual performing services for the Company or a Designated Company under an independent contractor or consultant agreement, a purchase order, a supplier agreement or any other agreement that the Company or a Designated Company enters into for services; (v) any individual classified by the Company or a Designated Company as contract labor (such as contractors, contract employees, job shoppers), regardless of length of service; (vi) any individual whose base wage or salary is not processed for payment by the payroll department(s) or payroll provider(s) of the Company or a Designated Company; and (vii) any leased employee. The Administrator shall have exclusive discretion to determine whether an individual is an Eligible Employee for purposes of the Plan.

(o)    “Eligible Pay” means the total amount paid by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to the Eligible Employee (other than amounts paid after termination of employment date, even if such amounts are paid for pre-termination date services) as base salary or wages (including 13th/14th month payments or similar concepts under local law).

(p)    “Enrollment Period” means the period during which an Eligible Employee may elect to participate in the Plan, with such period occurring before the first day of the next Offering Period, as prescribed by the Administrator.

(q)    “Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, from time to time, or any successor law thereto, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(r)    “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a Share as of a given date of determination hereunder, unless otherwise determined or provided by the Administrator in the circumstances, the closing price as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on such date or if the Common Stock was not traded on such date, then on the next preceding trading day that the Common Stock was traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, as reported by such responsible reporting service as the Committee may select. The Administrator may, however, provide with respect to a particular Offering under the Plan that the Fair Market Value shall equal the average of the high and low trading price as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the applicable date of determination, or if the Common Stock was not traded on such date, then on the next preceding trading day that the Common Stock was traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, as reported by such responsible reporting service as the Administrator may select.

(s)    “Offering” means a Section 423 Offering or a Non-Section 423 Offering of a right to purchase Shares under the Plan during an Offering Period as further described in Section 6. For purposes of the Plan, the Administrator may establish separate Offerings under the Plan (the terms of which need not be identical) in which Eligible Employees of one or more Designated Companies may participate, even if the dates of the applicable Offering Periods of each such Offering are identical and the provisions of the Plan will separately apply to each Offering. With respect to Section 423 Offerings, the terms of each Offering need not be identical provided that the terms of the Plan and an Offering together satisfy Code Section 423; a Non-Section 423 Offering need not satisfy such regulations.

(t)    “Offering Period” means the periods established in accordance with Section 6 during which rights to purchase Shares may be granted pursuant to the Plan and may be purchased on one or more Purchase Dates. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Sections 6 and 17.

(u)    “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

(v)    “Participating Employee” means an Eligible Employee that elects to participate in the Plan.

(w)    “Person” means any person, entity or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, except for (i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities of the Company pursuant to an offering of the securities, (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company, or (v) a person or group as used in Rule 13d-1(b) under the Exchange Act.

(x)    “Plan” means Syneos Health, Inc. 2016 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended from time to time.

(y)    “Purchase Date” means the last Trading Day of each Purchase Period (or such other Trading Day as the Administrator shall determine).

(z)    “Purchase Period” means a period of time within an Offering Period, as may be specified by the Administrator in accordance with Section 6, generally beginning on the first Trading Day of each Offering Period and ending on a Purchase Date. An Offering Period may consist of one or more Purchase Periods.

(aa)    “Purchase Price” means the purchase price at which Shares may be acquired on a Purchase Date and which shall be set by the Administrator; provided, however, that the Purchase Price for a Section 423 Offering shall not be less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the first

Trading Date of the Offering Period or (b) the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Purchase Date. Unless otherwise provided by the Board prior to the commencement of an Offering Period, the Purchase Price shall be eighty-five percent (85%) of the lesser of (a) the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the first Trading Date of the Offering Period or (b) the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the Purchase Date.

(bb)    “Shares” means the shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan.

(cc)    “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

(dd)    “Tax-Related Items” means any income tax, social insurance, payroll tax, payment on account or other tax-related items arising in relation to the Participating Employee’s participation in the Plan.

(ee)    “Trading Day” means a day on which the Nasdaq Global Select Market is open for trading.

2.     Purpose of the Plan . The purpose of the Plan is to provide an opportunity for Eligible Employees of the Company and its Designated Companies to purchase Common Stock at a discount through voluntary Contributions, thereby attracting, retaining and rewarding such persons and strengthening the mutuality of interest between such persons and the Company’s shareholders. The Company intends for offerings under the Plan to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code (a “Section 423 Offering”); provided, however, that the Administrator may also authorize the grant of rights under the Plan that are not intended to comply with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code, pursuant to any rules, procedures, or sub-plans adopted by the Administrator for such purpose (a “Non-Section 423 Offering”).

3.     Shares Reserved for the Plan . Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 16 hereof, 3,500,000 Shares be sold pursuant to the Plan. Such Shares may be authorized but unissued Common Stock, treasury shares or Common Stock purchased in the open market. For avoidance of doubt, the limitation set forth in this Section may be used to satisfy purchases of Shares under either a Section 423 Offering or a Non-Section 423 Offering.

4.     Administration of the Plan .

(a) Committee as Administrator . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to Applicable Law, any authority or responsibility that, under the terms of the Plan, may be exercised by the Committee may alternatively be exercised by the Board. Subject to Applicable Law, no member of the Board or Committee (or its delegates) shall be liable for any good faith action or determination made in connection with the operation, administration or interpretation of the Plan. In the performance of its responsibilities with respect to the Plan, the Committee shall be entitled to rely upon, and no member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon, information and/or advice furnished by the Company’s officers or employees, the Company’s accountants, the Company’s counsel and any other party that the Committee deems necessary.

(b) Powers of the Administrator . The Committee shall have full power and authority to: administer the Plan, including, without limitation, the authority to (i) construe, interpret, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any default in and supply any omission in, and apply the terms of the Plan and any enrollment form or other instrument or agreement relating to the Plan, (ii) determine eligibility and adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan, including whether Eligible Employees shall participate in a Section 423 Offering or a Non-Section 423 Offering and which Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Company shall be Designated Companies participating in either a Section 423 Offering or a Non-Section 423 Offering, (iii) determine the terms and conditions of any right to purchase Shares under the Plan, (iv) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan, (v) amend an outstanding right to purchase Shares, including any amendments to a right that may be necessary for purposes of effecting a transaction contemplated under Section 16 hereof (including, but not limited to, an amendment to the class or type of stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of a right or the Purchase Price applicable to a right), provided that the amended right otherwise conforms to the terms of the Plan, and (vi) make any other determination and take any other action that the Administrator deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Plan, the Administrator may adopt rules or procedures relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of local laws and procedures for jurisdictions outside of the United States. Without limiting

the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator specifically is authorized to adopt rules, procedures and subplans, which, for purposes of a Non-Section 423 Offering, may be outside the scope of Section 423 of the Code, regarding, without limitation, eligibility to participate, the definition of Eligible Pay, handling of payroll deductions, making of contributions to the Plan (including, without limitation, in forms other than payroll deductions), establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold payroll deductions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary-designation requirements, withholding procedures and handling of Share issuances, which may vary according to local requirements. All determinations by the Administrator in carrying out and administering the Plan and in construing and interpreting the Plan and any enrollment form other instrument or agreement relating to the Plan shall be made in the Administrator’s sole discretion and shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all interested persons.

(c) Delegation of Authority . To the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law, the Administrator may, from time to time, delegate some or all of its authority under the Plan to a subcommittee or subcommittees of the Committee or other persons or groups of persons as it deems necessary, appropriate or advisable under conditions or limitations that it may set at or after the time of the delegation. For purposes of the Plan, reference to the Administrator shall be deemed to refer to any subcommittee, subcommittees, or other persons or groups of persons to whom the Committee delegates authority pursuant to this Section 4(c).

5.     Eligible Employees .

(a)     General . Any individual who is an Eligible Employee as of the commencement of an Offering Period will be eligible to participate in the Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 7.

(b)     Non-U.S. Employees . An Eligible Employee who works for a Designated Company and is a citizen or resident of a jurisdiction other than the United States (without regard to whether such individual also is a citizen or resident of the United States or is a resident alien (within the meaning of Section 7701(b)(1)(A) of the Code)) may be excluded from participation in the Plan or an Offering if the participation of such Eligible Employee is prohibited under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction or if complying with the laws of the applicable jurisdiction would cause the Plan or a Section 423 Offering to violate Section 423 of the Code. In the case of a Non-Section 423 Offering, an Eligible Employee (or group of Eligible Employees) may be excluded from participation in the Plan or an Offering if the Administrator has determined, in its sole discretion, that participation of such Eligible Employee(s) is not advisable or practicable for any reason.

(c)     Limitations . Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary, no Eligible Employee shall be granted a right to purchase Shares under a Section 423 Offering (i) to the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Eligible Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of the Company and/or hold outstanding rights to purchase capital stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase capital stock under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries accrues at a rate that exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars (US $25,000) worth of such stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the shares of such stock at the time such right is granted) for each calendar year in which such purchase right is both outstanding and exercisable. The Administrator, in its discretion, from time to time may, prior to an Enrollment Period for all options to be granted in an Offering, determine (on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis) that the definition of Eligible Employee will or will not include an individual if he or she: (i) has not completed at least two (2) years of service since his or her last hire date (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Administrator in its discretion), (ii) customarily works not more than twenty (20) hours per week (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Committee in its discretion), (iii) customarily works not more than five (5) months per calendar year (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Administrator in its discretion), (iv) is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code, or (v) is a highly compensated employee within the meaning of Section 414(q) of the Code with compensation above a certain level or is an officer or subject to the disclosure requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, provided the exclusion is applied with respect to each Offering in an identical manner to all highly compensated individuals of the Designated Company whose employees are participating in that Offering.

6.     Offering Periods . The Plan will be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day of the relevant Offering Period and terminating on the last Trading Date of

the relevant Offering Period. Unless and until the Administrator determines otherwise in its discretion, each Offering Period shall consist of one six (6)-month Purchase Period, which shall run simultaneously with the Offering Period. The Administrator will have the authority to establish additional or alternative sequential or overlapping Offering Periods, multiple Purchase Periods within an Offering Period, a different duration for one or more Offering Periods or Purchase Periods or different commencement or ending dates for such 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 thereafter, provided, however, that no Offering Period may have a duration exceeding twenty-seven (27) months. In addition, to the extent that the Administrator establishes overlapping Offering Periods with more than one Purchase Period in each Offering Period, the Administrator will have the discretion to structure an Offering Period so that if the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the first Trading Day of a new Purchase Period within that Offering Period is less than or equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the first Trading Day of that Offering Period, then (i) that Offering Period will terminate immediately as of that first Trading Day, and (ii) the Participating Employees in such terminated Offering Period will be automatically enrolled in a new Offering Period beginning on the first Trading Day of such new Purchase Period.

7.     Election to Participate and Payroll Deductions . An Eligible Employee may elect to participate in an Offering Period under the Plan during any Enrollment Period. Any such election shall be made by completing the online enrollment process through the Company’s designated Plan broker or by completing and submitting an enrollment form to the Administrator during such Enrollment Period, as directed by the Administrator, authorizing Contributions in whole percentages from 1% to 10% (or such greater percentage as the Administrator may establish from time to time before an Offering Period begins) of an amount not exceeding 10% (or such greater percentage as the Administrator may establish from time to time before an Offering Period begins) of the Eligible Employee’s Eligible Pay for the payroll period to which the deduction applies. A Participating Employee may elect to increase or decrease the rate of such Contributions during any subsequent Enrollment Period by submitting the appropriate form online through the Company’s designated Plan broker or to the Administrator, provided that no change in Contributions shall be permitted to the extent that such change would result in total Contributions exceeding 10% (or such greater percentage as the Committee may establish from time to time before an Offering Period begins) of the Eligible Employee’s Eligible Pay, or such other amount as may be determined by the Administrator. Except for a withdrawal from an Offering Period as set forth in Section 14, an Eligible Employee may not initiate, increase or decrease Contributions as of any date other than during an Enrollment Period. If a Participating Employee reduces his or her rate of Contributions to zero, the Participating Employee will be automatically withdrawn from the Plan, and may not again be eligible to participate in the Plan until the next Enrollment Period.

8.     Contributions . The Company shall establish an account in the form of a bookkeeping entry for each Participating Employee for the purpose of tracking Contributions made by each Participating Employee during the Offering Period, and shall credit all Contributions made by each Participating Employee to such account. The Company shall not be obligated to segregate the Contributions from the general funds of the Company or any Designated Company nor shall any interest be paid on such Contributions, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator or required by Applicable Law. All Contributions received by the Company for Shares sold by the Company on any Purchase Date pursuant to this Plan may be used for any corporate purpose.

9.     Limitation on Number of Shares That an Employee May Purchase . Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c), each Participating Employee shall have the right to purchase as many whole Shares as may be purchased with the Contributions credited to his or her account as of the last day of the Offering Period (or such other date as the Administrator shall determine) at the Purchase Price applicable to such Offering Period; provided, however, that a Participating Employee may not purchase in excess of 2,000 Shares under the Plan per Offering Period (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 16 hereof). Any amount remaining in a Participating Employee’s account as of the relevant Purchase Date in excess of the amount that may properly be applied to the purchase of Shares as a result of the application of the limitations set forth herein (or as designated by the Administrator) shall be refunded, without interest, as soon as practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts remaining in a Participating Employee’s account as of the relevant Purchase Date that are insufficient to purchase a whole Share will be carried over to the next Offering Period.

10.     Taxes . At the time a Participating Employee’s purchase right is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time a Participating Employee disposes of some or all of the Shares acquired under the Plan, the Participating Employee shall make adequate provision for any Tax-Related Items. In their sole discretion, the Company or the Designated Company that employs the Participating Employee may satisfy their obligations to withhold Tax-Related

Items by (a) withholding from the Participating Employee’s compensation, (b) withholding a sufficient whole number of Shares otherwise issuable following purchase having an aggregate Fair Market Value sufficient, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, to satisfy such obligations to withhold Tax-Related Items with respect to the Shares, or (c) withholding from proceeds from the sale of Shares issued upon purchase, either through a voluntary sale or a mandatory sale arranged by the Company.

11.     Brokerage Accounts or Plan Share Accounts . By enrolling in the Plan, each Participating Employee shall be deemed to have authorized the establishment of a brokerage account on his or her behalf at a securities brokerage firm selected by the Administrator. Alternatively, the Administrator may provide for Plan share accounts for each Participating Employee to be established by the Company or by an outside entity selected by the Administrator which is not a brokerage firm. Shares purchased by a Participating Employee pursuant to the Plan shall be held in the Participating Employee’s brokerage or Plan share account.

12.     Rights as a Stockholder . A Participating Employee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to Shares subject to any rights granted under this Plan or any Shares deliverable under this Plan unless and until recorded in the books of the brokerage firm selected by the Administrator or, as applicable, the Company, its transfer agent, stock plan administrator or such other outside entity which is not a brokerage firm.

13.     Rights Not Transferable . Rights granted under this Plan are not transferable by a Participating Employee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during a Participating Employee’s lifetime only by the Participating Employee.

14.     Withdrawals . A Participating Employee may withdraw from an Offering Period by submitting the appropriate form online through the Company’s designated Plan broker or to the Administrator. A notice of withdrawal must be received no later than the last day of the month immediately preceding the month of the purchase date. Upon receipt of such notice, automatic deductions of Contributions on behalf of the Participating Employee shall be discontinued commencing with the payroll period immediately following the effective date of the notice of withdrawal, and such Participating Employee may not again be eligible to participate in the Plan until the next Enrollment Period. Amounts credited to the contribution account of any Participating Employee who withdraws prior to the date set forth in this Section 14 shall be refunded, without interest, as soon as practicable.

15.     Termination of Employment .

(a)     General . Upon a Participating Employee ceasing to be an Eligible Employee for any reason prior to a Purchase Date, Contributions for such Participating Employee shall be discontinued and any amounts then credited to the Participating Employee’s contribution account shall be refunded, without interest, as soon as practicable, except as otherwise provided by the Administrator.

(b)     Leave of Absence . Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator or prohibited by Applicable Law, if a Participating Employee is granted a leave of absence, whether paid or unpaid, the Participating Employee will be automatically withdrawn from the Offering Period, as provided in Section 14 hereof, as of the first day of such leave of absence, and may not again be eligible to participate in the Plan until the Enrollment Period following the employee’s return to work from such leave of absence. In the event that continued participation in the Plan during the leave of absence is permitted by the Administrator or required by Applicable Law, the Administrator or its designee shall establish rules and regulations applicable to such continued participation in the Plan during such leave of absence; provided, however, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of the Code, that if the period of leave exceeds three (3) months, the employment relationship will be deemed to have terminated three (3) months and one (1) day following the commencement of such leave unless the Participating Employee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed either by statute or by contract.

(c)     Transfer of Employment . A Participating Employee whose employment transfers or whose employment terminates with an immediate rehire (with no break in service) by or between the Company or a Designated Company will not be treated as having terminated employment for purposes of participating in the Plan or an Offering; however, if a Participating Employee transfers from a Section 423 Offering to a Non-Section 423 Offering, the exercise of the right will be qualified under the Section 423 Offering only to the extent that such exercise complies with Section 423 of the Code. If a Participating Employee transfers from a Non-Section 423 Offering to a Section 423 Offering, the exercise of the right will remain non-qualified under the Non-Section 423 Offering.

16.     Adjustment Provisions.

(a)     Changes in Capitalization . In the event of any change affecting the number, class or terms of the shares of Common Stock by reason of stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, disaffiliation of a Subsidiary or Affiliate, combination of shares, exchange of shares, stock rights offering, or other similar event, or any distribution to the holders of shares of Common Stock other than a regular cash dividend, then the Committee, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, will, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Common Stock that may be delivered under the Plan (including the numerical limits of Sections 3 and 9), the Purchase Price per Share and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each right under the Plan that has not yet been exercised. For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee may not delegate its authority to make adjustments pursuant to this Section. Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance 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 subject to a purchase right.

(b)     Change in Control . In the event of a Change in Control, each outstanding right to purchase Shares shall be equitably adjusted and assumed or an equivalent right to purchase Shares substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation in a Change in Control refuses to assume or substitute for the purchase right or the successor corporation is not a publicly traded corporation, the Offering Period then in progress shall be shortened by setting a New Purchase Date and shall end on the New Purchase Date. The New Purchase Date shall be before the date of the Company’s proposed Change in Control. The Administrator shall notify each Participating Employee in writing, at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the New Purchase Date, that the Purchase Date for the Participating Employee’s purchase right has been changed to the New Purchase Date and that Shares shall be purchased automatically for the Participating Employee on the New Purchase Date, unless prior to such date the Participating Employee has withdrawn from the Offering Period, as provided in Section 14 hereof.

17.     Amendments and Termination of the Plan . The Board or the Committee may amend the Plan at any time, provided that, if shareholder approval is required pursuant to the Code, United States federal securities laws or regulations, or the rules or regulations of the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any other securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or traded), then no such amendment shall be effective unless approved by the Company’s shareholders within such time period as may be required. The Board may suspend the Plan or discontinue the Plan at any time, including shortening an Offering Period in connection with a spin off or other similar corporate event. Upon termination of the Plan, all Contributions shall cease and all amounts then credited to a Participating Employee’s account shall be equitably applied to the purchase of whole Shares then available for sale, and any remaining amounts shall be promptly refunded, without interest, to Participating Employees. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board or Committee, as applicable herein, may not delegate its authority to make amendments to or suspend the operations of the Plan pursuant to this Section.

18.     Stockholder Approval; Effective Date . The Plan, and any amendment thereto, will be subject to approval by the shareholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board to the extent required under Applicable Laws. Such stockholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws. The Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date, subject to approval of the shareholders of the Company as contemplated in the foregoing sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, the Board may not delegate its authority to approve the Plan pursuant to this Section.

19.     Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, unless there is an available exemption from any registration, qualification or other legal requirement applicable to the Shares, the Company shall not be required to deliver any Shares issuable upon exercise of a right under the Plan prior to the completion of any registration or qualification of the Shares under any local, state, federal or foreign securities or exchange control law or under rulings or regulations of any governmental regulatory body, or prior to obtaining any approval or other clearance from any local, state, federal or foreign governmental agency, which registration, qualification or approval the Administrator shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable. The Company is under no obligation to register or qualify the Shares with any state or foreign securities commission, or to seek approval or clearance from any governmental authority for the issuance or sale of the Shares. If, pursuant to this Section 19, the Administrator determines that the Shares will not be issued to any Participating Employee, any Contributions credited to such Participating Employee’s account shall be promptly refunded, without interest, to the Participating Employee, without any liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.

20.     Code Section  409A; Tax Qualification .

(a)     Code Section  409A . Rights to purchase Shares granted under a Section 423 Offering are exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code. In furtherance of the foregoing and notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, if the Administrator determines that a right granted under the Plan may be subject to Section 409A of the Code or that any provision in the Plan would cause a right under the Plan to be subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Administrator may amend the terms of the Plan and/or of an outstanding right granted under the Plan, or take such other action the Administrator determines is necessary or appropriate, in each case, without the Participating Employee’s consent, to exempt any outstanding right or future right that may be granted under the Plan from or to allow any such rights to comply with Section 409A of the Code, but only to the extent any such amendments or action by the Administrator would not violate Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will have no liability to a Participating Employee or any other party if the right to purchase Shares under the Plan that is intended to be exempt from or compliant with Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Administrator with respect thereto. The Company makes no representation that the right to purchase Shares under the Plan is compliant with Section 409A of the Code.

(b)     Tax Qualification . Although the Company may endeavor to (i) qualify a right to purchase Shares for favorable tax treatment under the laws of the United States or jurisdictions outside of the United States or (ii) avoid adverse tax treatment ( e.g. , under Section 409A of the Code), the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, including Section 20(a) hereof. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential negative tax impact on Participating Employees under the Plan.

21.     No Employment Rights . Participation in the Plan shall not be construed as giving any Participating Employee the right to be retained as an employee of the Company, its Subsidiary, or one of its Affiliates, as applicable. Furthermore, the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate may dismiss any Participating Employee from employment at any time, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan.

22.     Governing Law . Except to the extent that provisions of this Plan are governed by applicable provisions of the Code or any other substantive provision of United States federal law, this Plan shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof. Any legal action related to the Plan, the purchase rights granted under the Plan or any enrollment form or other instrument or agreement relating to the Plan shall be brought only in a United States federal or state court located in Delaware.

23.     Headings . Headings are given to the sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan.

24.     Expenses . Unless otherwise set forth in the Plan or determined by the Administrator, all expenses of administering the Plan, including expenses incurred in connection with the purchase of Shares for sale to Participating Employees, shall be borne by the Company and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.