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.

The Plan may be amended or terminated at any time by the Board of Directors, provided, however, that no such amendment or termination of the Plan shall be effective if such amendment or termination is made or is effective within a period that is # six (6) months before, or at any time after, a Preliminary Change in Control and # prior to # the earlier of such time as the Southern Committee shall have determined that the event that gave rise to such Preliminary Change in Control shall not be Consummated or # two years following the Southern Change in Control, unless such amendment or termination during such period has the effect of increasing benefits to Participants under the Plan, is determined by the Board of Directors to be immaterial, or applies solely to Directors who, in the case of a Southern Change in Control, are not Directors on the date of the respective Preliminary Change in Control. Following a Southern Change in Control, nothing in this Section 12.1 shall prevent the Board of Directors from amending or terminating the Plan as to any subsequent Southern Change in Control provided that no such amendment or termination shall impair any rights or reduce any benefits previously accrued under the Plan as a result of a previous Southern Change in Control.

Amendment of the Plan. The Board may at any time, and from time to time, amend or suspend this Plan or any portion thereof, except that # if the approval of any such amendment by the shareholders of the Company is required by Section 423 of the Code, such amendment shall not be effected without such approval, and # in no event may any amendment be made that would cause the Plan to fail to comply with Section 423 of the Code.

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.

Amendment of the Plan. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, all provisions of the Plan may at any time or from time to time be modified or amended by the Board; provided, however, that

AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, subject to any required shareholder approval, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan, or revise or amend it in any respect whatsoever with respect to any shares of Stock at that time not subject to options.

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. 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.