amend the terms of any outstanding Award, including the discretionary authority to extend the post‑termination exercise period of Awards and accelerate the satisfaction of any vesting criteria or waiver of forfeiture or repurchase restrictions, provided that any amendment that would adversely affect the Participant’s rights under an outstanding Award shall not be made without the Participant’s written consent; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in [Section 16], the Administrator shall not, without prior approval of the Company’s stockholders # amend the exercise price of outstanding Options or SARs, # cancel and re-grant Options or SARs at a lower exercise price, or # substitute underwater Options for other securities (including buyouts through issuance of such cash or other means). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an amendment shall not be treated as adversely affecting the rights of the Participant if the amendment causes an Incentive Stock Option to become a Non-statutory Stock Option or if the amendment is made to the minimum extent necessary to avoid the adverse tax consequences of Section 409A of the Code;

Amendments. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan, including, without limitation, the number of shares subject to Awards granted pursuant to Sections 6, 7 and 10, without the consent of any stockholder, Participant, other holder or beneficiary of any Award, or other person; provided, however, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without # stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with the listing requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market or # the consent of the affected Participants, if such action would adversely affect the rights of such Participants under any outstanding Award; and provided further, that no such amendment or alteration shall increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the Plan or increase the total value of Awards that may be granted in any given Year, in each case except as provided in Section 5(d). In addition, any such amendment shall be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. The Administrator may modify any outstanding Awards to comply with Section 409A without consent from Participants. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, no amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be made that would # permit Options or SARs to be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant thereof or # except as provided in [Section 5(d), (w)] reduce the exercise price of any Option or SAR established at the time of grant thereof, # be treated as a repricing under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), # cancel an Option or SAR in exchange for another Option, SAR, restricted stock unit or any other Award, or # terminate an Option or SAR in exchange for a cash amount equal to or greater than the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares on the date of cancellation over the exercise price times the number of Shares outstanding under the Award. A cancellation and exchange described in [clause (y)] of the immediately preceding sentence is prohibited regardless of whether the option, SAR, restricted stock unit or other equity is delivered simultaneously with the cancellation and regardless of whether the cancellation and exchange are treated as a repricing under GAAP or are voluntary on the part of the Participant.

Amendments. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan, including, without limitation, the number of shares subject to Awards granted pursuant to Sections 6, 7 and 10, without the consent of any stockholder, Participant, other holder or beneficiary of any Award, or other person; provided, however, that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without # stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with the listing requirements of The NASDAQ Stock Market or # the consent of the affected Participants, if such action would adversely affect the rights of such Participants under any outstanding Award; and provided further, that no such amendment or alteration shall increase the aggregate number of shares that may be issued under the Plan or increase the total value of Awards that may be granted in any given Year, in each case except as provided in Section 5(d). In addition, any such amendment shall be in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. The Administrator may modify any outstanding Awards to comply with Section 409A without consent from Participants. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, no amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination of the Plan or any Award Agreement shall be made that would # permit Options or SARs to be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant thereof or # except as provided in [Section 5(d), (w)] reduce the exercise price of any Option or SAR established at the time of grant thereof, # be treated as a repricing under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), # cancel an Option or SAR in exchange for another Option, SAR, restricted stock unit or any other Award, or # terminate an Option or SAR in exchange for a cash amount equal to or greater than the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares on the date of cancellation over the exercise price times the number of Shares outstanding under the Award. A cancellation and exchange described in [clause (y)] of the immediately preceding sentence is prohibited regardless of whether the option, SAR, restricted stock unit or other equity is delivered simultaneously with the cancellation and regardless of whether the cancellation and exchange are treated as a repricing under GAAP or are voluntary on the part of the Participant.