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Adjustments to Stock Based Awards
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Other Stock-Based Awards. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Administrator may grant to Participants other types of Awards, which may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Shares, either alone or in addition to or in conjunction with other Awards, and payable in Stock or cash. Without limitation except as provided herein, such Award may include the issuance of shares of unrestricted Stock, which may be awarded in payment of director fees, in lieu of cash compensation, in exchange for cancellation of a compensation right, as a bonus, or upon the attainment of Performance Goals or otherwise, or rights to acquire Stock from the Company. The Administrator shall determine all terms and conditions of the Award, including but not limited to, the time or times at which such Awards shall be made, and the number of Shares to be granted pursuant to such Awards or to which such Award shall relate; provided that any Award that provides for purchase rights shall be priced at 100% of Fair Market Value on the date of the Award.

OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. The Committee is authorized, subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant Other Stock-Based Awards that are denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, shares of Stock, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of this Plan, including convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock, other rights convertible into shares of Stock and Awards valued by reference to the book value of Stock or the value of securities of specified subsidiaries, affiliates or business segments or units. The Committee may determine the terms and conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards, which may be awarded either alone or in addition to or in tandem with any other Awards under this Plan.

Other Stock-Based Awards. The maximum aggregate grant with respect to other Stock-Based Awards pursuant to Section 10.2 granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be five hundred thousand (500,000), plus the amount of the Participant’s unused applicable Annual Award Limit for Other Stock-Based Awards as of the close of the previous Plan Year.

Other Stock-Based Awards. The Compensation Committee may grant other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted Shares) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Compensation Committee shall determine. Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual Shares to Participants, or payment in cash or otherwise of amounts based on the value of Shares and may include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

The maximum number of Shares available for issuance as Incentive Stock Options is 7,450,000 Shares.

Other Awards of shares of Common Stock, and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or are otherwise based on, shares of Common Stock or other property, may be granted hereunder to Participants (“Other Stock-Based Awards”), including without limitation stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and Awards entitling recipients to receive shares of Common Stock to be delivered in the future. Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall also be available as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan or as payment in lieu of compensation to which a Participant is otherwise entitled. Other Stock-Based Awards may be paid in shares of Common Stock or cash, as the Board shall determine. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall determine the terms and conditions of each Other Stock-Based Award, including any purchase price applicable thereto.

Performance-Based Awards. The number of shares subject to a Participant’s Performance-Based Award shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares subject to that Award by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of full calendar months of employment or service that the Participant was employed by the Company or a Subsidiary, beginning on the Award Date and ending on the date of the Participant’s Termination of Service, and the denominator of which is twelve (12). Any Performance-Based Awards held by the Participant for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or greater after the Award Date shall be deemed vested in full. If the Award is conditioned upon Participant’s compliance with a noncompete covenant set forth in the Award Agreement, the Participant’s actual number of shares subject to the Award shall vest, in full, at the end of the later of the Performance Period or the expiration of the noncompete covenant.

Cash-Based Awards. The maximum aggregate amount awarded or credited with respect to Cash-Based Awards to any one Participant in any one Plan Year may not exceed the value of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) determined as of the date of vesting or payout, as applicable, plus the amount of the Participant’s unused applicable Annual Award Limit for Cash-Based Awards as of the close of the previous Plan Year.

Equity-Based Awards. Executive acknowledges that all compensatory awards denominated in common stock of Holdings held by him as of the date hereof are set forth on Exhibit B. In satisfaction of the provisions of the Term Sheet for Employment Arrangements with ted as of January 15, 2015 (the "Term Sheet"), as of the Effective Date, restricted stock units in respect of 44,467 shares of Holdings common stock (which represents the unvested portion of the "Buyout RSUs" (as defined in the Term Sheet)) shall vest and be distributed to Executive within five business days of the Termination Date; provided, the Company agrees that any necessary tax withholding required as part of the distribution of shares in settlement of the restricted stock units shall be covered by the Company withholding shares that would otherwise be distributed to Executive, as permitted by the terms of the restricted stock unit award agreement, and that Executive shall not be required to make any additional payment to cover any such required withholding tax. Any equity-based awards held by Executive that are not vested as of the Termination Date and that do not vest pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be forfeited as of the Termination Date. Any options to purchase shares of Holdings common stock that are vested as of the date of this Agreement shall remain exercisable until the earlier of # the 90th day following the Termination Date (or, if later, the 90th day following expiration of any blackout period in effect with respect to such options) and # any cancelation or termination in connection with a change in control, as provided in the applicable award agreement.

Performance Based Awards. The Committee will establish a performance goal or goals (“Performance Goal”) for each Award not later than the 90th day of the calendar yearAward Year to which the Award relates. The period for each Performance Goal will commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of such year (the “Performance Period”). The Committee may authorize that Awards of Restricted Shares and Stock Units be made subject to or granted upon the attainment of specified performance goals over a designated performance period of at least one year in addition to time-vesting and other vesting requirements. If so authorized, Awards intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” under Code Section 162(m) shall be made in accordance with the requirements thereof. Performance goals Goals for this purpose will be based on objective criteria specifically defined by the Committee on a Company, business unit or peer group comparison basis, which may include or exclude specified items of an unusual or nonrecurring nature and are based on one or more of the following: earnings per share, net income, return on assets, return on sales, return on capital, return on equity, return on revenue, cash flow, cost reduction, total shareholder return, economic value added, cash flow return on investment, and cash value added. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may reduce or eliminate any Award otherwise earned based on an assessment of individual performance, but in no event may any such reduction result in an increase of the Award payable to any other participantParticipant. The Committee shall determine the amount of any such reduction by taking into account such factors as it deems relevant including, without limitation: # performance against other financial or strategic objectives; # its subjective assessment of the executive’s overall performance for the year; and # prevailing levels of total compensation among similar companies.

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