Amendment of Award Agreements. To the extent that the provisions of this subsection are inconsistent with the provisions of your Award Agreements, those Award Agreements are amended, upon your execution of the Release Agreement, to include the provisions of this subsection, which supersede any inconsistent provisions of the Award Agreements.

Subject to subparagraphs [(b) and (c) of this Section 17.1] and Section 17.3 of the Plan, the Board may at any time terminate the Plan or an outstanding Award Agreement and the Committee may, at any time and from time to time, amend the Plan or an outstanding Award Agreement.

Plan Amendment; Termination. The Board may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan at any time and for any reason. No amendment, suspension, or termination will, without the consent of the Director, materially impair rights or obligations under any Deferred Stock Units previously awarded to the Director under the Plan, except as provided below. The Board may terminate the Plan and distribute the Deferred Compensation Accounts to participants in accordance with and subject to the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ix), or successor provisions, and any generally applicable guidance issued by the Internal Revenue Service permitting such termination and distribution.

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

Award Agreements. Awards shall be evidenced by a written agreement in a form prescribed by the Committee (hereinafter “Award Agreement”). Execution of an Award Agreement shall constitute the participant’s irrevocable agreement to, and acceptance of, the terms and conditions of the Award set forth in such agreement and of the terms and conditions of the Plan applicable to such Award. Award Agreements may differ from time to time and from participant to participant.

Award Agreements. Each Award Agreement shall either be # in writing in a form approved by the Committee and executed by the Company by an officer duly authorized to act on its behalf, or # an electronic notice in a form approved by the Committee and recorded by the Company (or its designee) in an electronic recordkeeping system used for the purpose of tracking one or more types of Awards as the Committee may provide; in each case and if required by the Committee, the Award Agreement shall be executed or otherwise electronically accepted by the recipient of the Award in such form and manner as the Committee may require. The Committee may authorize any officer of the Company to execute any or all Award Agreements on behalf of the Company. The Award Agreement shall set forth the material terms and conditions of the Award as established by the Committee consistent with the provisions of the Plan.

Award Agreements. All Options granted pursuant to this Article shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement in such form and containing such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan. Such Award Agreement shall be exempt from the requirements of Code Section 409A. The terms of Options need not be the same with respect to each Participant. Granting an Option pursuant to the Plan shall impose no obligation on the recipient to exercise such Option. Any individual who is granted an Option pursuant to this Article may hold more than one Option granted pursuant to the Plan at the same time.

Amendment and Termination of Plan. The Company reserves and retains the right to, at any time, modify, rescind or terminate this Plan or the Compensation Plan in whole or in part, at its sole discretion, and nothing in this Plan or the Compensation Plan limits this right in any way or creates any rights in any Participant of future participation in this Plan or any other plan, or constitutes any guarantee of compensation or employment or service with the Company. Further, the Company does not have any obligation under this Plan, the Compensation Plan or otherwise to adopt this or any other compensation plan in the future. Any modification to this Plan or the Compensation Plan may only be made in a writing signed by the Company’s Senior Vice President of Sales or CFO and such modification shall be effective upon written notification to the Participant.

The Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type, changing the date of exercise or realization, and converting an Incentive Stock Option to a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The Participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless # the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, does not materially and adversely affect the Participant’s rights under the Plan or # the change is permitted under Section 9.

Amendment of Award. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5(f) and 6(e) with respect to repricings, the Board may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award, including but not limited to, substituting therefor another Award of the same or a different type and changing the date of exercise or realization, provided that no amendment that would require stockholder approval under the rules of Nasdaq may be made effective unless and until the Company’s stockholders approve such amendment. The Participant’s consent to such action shall be required unless # the Board determines that the action, taking into account any related action, does not materially and adversely affect the Participant’s rights under the Plan or # the change is permitted under Section 9.