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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.

The Committee may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any time, provided, however, that if in the judgment of the Committee such amendment or other action would have a material effect on the Plan, such amendment or other action must be taken by the Board of Directors of the Company. No amendment which would materially increase the cost of the Plan shall be made effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company. This Plan may not be amended, suspended or terminated from and after the date of a Change of Control as defined above) or in anticipation of a Change of Control so as to reduce or otherwise adversely affect the benefits to which participants in the Plan are entitled upon a Change of Control, calculated as of the date of the amendment, suspension or termination. Any termination of the Plan shall be made in accordance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, if applicable.

Plan Amendment or Termination. The Plan may be amended from time to time, and may be terminated at any time, by resolution of the Board. No such amendments shall alter the date or dates for making payments in respect of amounts theretofore credited to Accounts, and in case of such termination, the Plan shall continue in full force and effect with respect to all amounts in Accounts at the date of termination.

Subject to the policies, rules and regulations of any lawful authority having jurisdiction (including the TSX or any other stock exchange on which the Shares may be listed), the Board may, at any time, without further action or approval by the shareholders of the Company, amend the Plan, any Option or Option Agreement in such respects as it may consider advisable to:

The Board may, at its discretion and at any time, amend the Plan in whole or in part. The Board may also terminate the Plan in its entirety at any time, and, upon such termination or such later date or dates, each participant shall receive, in a single distribution, # the shares and cash for the fractions thereof of Commerce Stock credited to the Commerce Stock Account, the value thereof to be determined based upon the closing price for Commerce stock on the last business day of the month preceding the date of distribution; and # an amount equal to the then remaining amount credited to such participant’s accounts other than the Commerce Stock Account.

The Board may terminate or amend the Plan at any time, subject to such approvals by the members of the Company as may be required.

Amendment and Termination of Plan. Subject to the following provisions of this Section 13, the Board may at any time and in any way amend, suspend or terminate the Plan. No amendment of the Plan and, except as provided in [Section 1.10], no action by the Board shall, without further approval of the stockholders of the Company, increase the total number of shares of Stock with respect to which awards may be made under the Plan, materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan or materially modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan, if stockholder approval of such amendment is a condition of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 16b-3 or its successor rule or statute, the Code or any exchange or market system on which the Stock is listed at the time such amendment is adopted. No amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall alter or impair any Stock Option with or without tandem Stock Appreciation Right, Performance Award or share of Restricted Stock previously awarded under the Plan without the consent of the holder thereof.

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 Company expects to continue the Plan indefinitely. However, the Company shall have the right at any time to terminate the Plan in whole or in part by suspending or discontinuing contributions hereunder, or to terminate the Plan.

The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Policy.

The Committee may modify or amend, in whole or in part, any or all of the provisions of the Plan, except as to those terms or provisions that are required by IRC [Section 162(m)] to be approved by the shareholders, or suspend or terminate the Plan entirely; provided, however, that no such modifications, amendment, suspension or termination may, without the consent of the Participant, or his Beneficiary in the case of his/her death, reduce the right of a Participant, or his/her Beneficiary, as the case may be, to any payment due under the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Committee may amend the Plan as necessary to conform the Plan to the requirements of IRC Section 409A.

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. The Board or the Committee may at any time amend, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that no such amendment, suspension, discontinuance or termination shall adversely affect the rights of any Participant in respect of any Plan Year which has already commenced and no such action shall be effective without approval by the stockholders of the Company to the extent necessary to continue to qualify the amounts payable hereunder to Covered Employees as performance-based compensation under [Section 162(m)].

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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.

Amendment or Termination of the Deferral Plan. The Board of Directors may amend the Deferral Plan as it shall deem advisable. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, terminate the Deferral Plan at any time and pay installments out in a lump sum even when installments have already begun and/or the Participant has terminated employment.

Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan. By accepting this Performance Shares Award, the Employee expressly warrants that he or she has received a right to receive stock under the Plan, and has received, read and understood a description of the Plan. The Employee understands that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time.

Amendment and Termination. The Company may amend, modify or terminate this Plan at any time, provided, however, that no such amendment, modification or termination shall reduce the amount credited to a Member’s Account as of the date of such amendment or termination unless the Member becomes entitled to an amount equal to any such reduction under another plan (including the Base Plan), program or practice adopted by the Company.

ARTICLE # -- AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN 16

Article # Amendment and Termination of Plan or Awards.

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.

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