The Board may amend, suspend or terminate this Plan at any time and for any reason. To the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Laws, the Company shall obtain shareholder approval of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as required. Shareholder approval shall be required for the following types of amendments to this Plan: # any change to those persons who are entitled to become participants under the Plan which would have the potential of broadening or increasing Insider participation; or # the addition of any form of financial assistance or amendment to a financial assistance provision which is more favourable to Grantees.

Termination, Suspension or Amendment of Awards. Subject to the restrictions of Section 6(B) hereof, the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or modify, alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, modification, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder, or beneficiary; provided, however, that it shall be conclusively presumed that any adjustment for changes in capitalization as provided in Section 4 hereof does not materially and adversely affect any such rights.

Amendment, Suspension, or Termination. The Board and/or the Committee, in its sole discretion, may amend or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan will not, without the consent of the Participant, alter or impair any rights or obligations under any Actual Award theretofore earned by such Participant. No award may be granted during any period of suspension or after termination of the Plan.

unless such Participant expressly consents in writing to such amendment, suspension, or termination.

Termination and Amendment of this Plan. The Committee shall have power at any time, in its discretion, to amend, abandon or terminate this Plan, in whole or in part; except that no amendment, abandonment or termination shall impair or abridge the obligations of the Corporation under any Agreements previously entered into pursuant to this Plan except as expressly permitted by the terms of such Agreements.

Amendment or Termination of this Plan. The Board may at any time amend, terminate or extend the term of this Plan, except that any such termination cannot affect Options previously granted under this Plan, nor may any amendment make any change in an Option previously granted which would adversely affect the right of any participant, nor may any amendment be made without approval of the stockholders of the Company obtained in accordance with Section 19 above within twelve (12) months of the adoption of such amendment (or earlier if required by Section 19) if such amendment would:

The Corporation may amend, supplement, suspend, modify or terminate the Plan at any time without the approval of the Participants. Notice of any suspension, termination or material amendment of the Plan shall be sent to all Participants, who shall in all events have the right to withdraw from the Plan. Any such suspension, termination or material amendment of the Plan shall not become effective until thirty (30) days after notice is mailed to the Participants.

Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan will impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Participant and the Company. Termination of the Plan will not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.

The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, terminate, suspend or amend this Plan at any time or from time to time, in whole or in part. However, no such termination, suspension or amendment shall adversely affect # the benefits of any Employee who retired under the Plan prior to the date of such termination, suspension or amendment or # the right of any then current Employee to receive upon retirement, or of his or her Surviving Spouse or beneficiary to receive upon such Employee's death, the amount as a Supplementary Pension or death benefit, as the case may be, to which such person would have been entitled under this Plan computed to the date of such termination, suspension or amendment, taking into account the Employee's Pension Benefit Service and Average Annual Compensation calculated as of the date of such termination, suspension or amendment. Any amendment or termination shall comply with the restrictions of Section 409A of the Code to the extent applicable. No amendment or termination of the Plan may accelerate a scheduled payment of Non-Grandfathered Plan Benefits, nor may any amendment or termination permit a subsequent deferral of Non-Grandfathered Plan Benefits.

Section # Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan or Award Agreements.