Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may, from time to time, alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Plan as it shall deem advisable, subject to any requirement for stockholder approval imposed by applicable law, including the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (or such other principal securities market on which the Shares are traded) provided that the Board may not amend the Plan in any manner that would result in noncompliance with Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act. In addition, no amendments to, or termination of, the Plan shall in any way impair the rights of a Participant under any Award previously granted without such Participant’s consent.

Termination and Amendment of the Plan. The Plan shall terminate on the day preceding the tenth anniversary of its effective date and no Option or Award may be granted thereafter. The Board may sooner terminate or amend the Plan at any time, and from time to time; provided, however, that, except as provided in Sections 10 and 11 hereof, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with applicable law and regulations at an annual or special meeting held within twelve months before or after the date of adoption of such amendment, where such amendment will:

Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Company expects to maintain the Plan in force indefinitely, but reserves the right # to amend the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, under the procedure described in Section 16.2, and # to suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time, by action of the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors of the Company (or its Compensation Committee) may amend or terminate the Plan at any time; provided that during the 12-month period following a Change of Control, the Plan may not be terminated or amended in a way that would adversely affect an Executive.

Amendment and Termination. The Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the LTIP or any portion thereof at any time; provided, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance 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.

The Board may at any time amend, discontinue or terminate this Plan or any part thereof (including any amendment deemed necessary to ensure that the Company may comply with any applicable regulatory requirement); provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, the rights of a Participant with respect to Awards granted prior to such amendment, discontinuance or termination, may not be impaired without the consent of such Participant and, provided further, without the approval of the Company’s shareholders, no amendment may be made which would # increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under this Plan (except by operation of Article 14); # change the definition of employees eligible to receive Awards under this Plan; or # otherwise materially increase the benefits to Participants under the Plan. The Committee may amend the terms of any Award previously granted, prospectively or retroactively, but, subject to Article 14, no such amendment or other action by the Committee shall impair the rights of any Participant without the Participant’s consent. Awards may not be granted under the Plan after the Termination Date, but Awards granted prior to such date shall remain in effect or become exercisable pursuant to their respective terms and the terms of this Plan.

Amendment. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment the Loan Agreement is hereby amended such that, after giving effect to all such amendments, it shall read in its entirety as attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Amendment. The reference to “1,256,832” shares in [Section 1.1] is hereby amended to “1,240,845”.

Amendment. This Agreement may not be modified, amended, supplemented or terminated except by a written agreement between the Company and the Employee.

Amendment. If, in connection with the adoption of any amendment, the definition of Compensation has been modified, then, except as otherwise provided herein, for Plan Years prior to the Plan Year which includes the adoption date of such amendment , Compensation means compensation determined pursuant to the terms of the Plan then in effect.