The purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company and its Subsidiaries in attracting and retaining selected individuals to serve the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company’s success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder.

The purpose of the Plan is to assist the Company and its Subsidiaries in attracting and retaining selected individuals to serve as employees and directors of the Company and its Subsidiaries who are expected to contribute to the Company’s success and to achieve long-termfinancial and strategic objectives which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder.

Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to assistprovide additional incentive to those officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in attractingSubsidiaries, and retaining selected individuals to servecertain members of the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company’s success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefitBoard of all stockholdersDirectors of the Company throughwhose substantial contributions are essential to the additional incentives inherentcontinued growth and success of the Company’s business in order to strengthen their commitment to the Company and its Subsidiaries, to motivate such officers, employees and Directors to faithfully and diligently perform their assigned responsibilities and to attract and retain competent and dedicated individuals whose efforts will result in the Awards hereunder.long-term growth and profitability of the Company. To accomplish such purposes, the Plan provides that the Company may grant Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights and Cash-Based Awards.

The purpose of the Plan is to assistprovide a means through which the Company and its Subsidiaries in attractingmay attract and retaining selected individuals to serve the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company’s successretain able persons as employees, directors and consultants and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure toprovide a means whereby those persons upon whom the benefitresponsibilities of all stockholdersthe successful administration and management of the Company throughrest, and whose present and potential contributions to the welfare of the Company are of importance, can acquire and maintain stock ownership, or awards the value of which is tied to the performance of the Company, thereby strengthening their concern for the welfare of the Company and their desire to remain in its devoted employ. A further purpose of this Plan is to provide such employees, directors and consultants with additional incentives inherent inincentive and reward opportunities designed to enhance the Awards hereunder.profitable growth of the Company. Accordingly, this Plan primarily provides for the granting of Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Awards, Dividend Equivalents, Other Stock-Based Awards, Cash Awards, Conversion Awards, Performance Awards, or any combination of the foregoing, as is best suited to the circumstances of the particular individual as provided herein.

Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to assistprovide additional incentive to those officers and key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries in attractingSubsidiaries, and retaining selected individuals to servecertain members of the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company’s success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefitBoard of all stockholdersDirectors of the Company throughwhose substantial contributions are essential to the additional incentives inherentcontinued growth and success of the Company’s business in order to strengthen their commitment to the Company and its Subsidiaries, to motivate such officers, employees and Directors to faithfully and diligently perform their assigned responsibilities and to attract and retain competent and dedicated individuals whose efforts will result in the Awards hereunder.long-term growth and profitability of the Company. To accomplish such purposes, the Plan provides that the Company may grant Incentive Stock Options, Nonqualified Stock Options, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units and Stock Appreciation Rights.

The purpose of the Plan is to assistaid the Company and its SubsidiariesAffiliates in attractingrecruiting and retaining selected individuals to serve the Company who are expected to contribute to the Company’s successemployees, directors, advisors and consultants and to achieve long-term objectives which will inuremotivate such employees, directors, advisors and consultants to the benefit of all stockholdersexert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and its Affiliates by providing incentives through the additional incentives inherentgranting of Awards. The Company expects that it will benefit from the added interest which such employees, directors, advisors and consultants will have in the Awards hereunder.welfare of the Company as a result of their proprietary interest in the Company's success.

The purposepurposes of the Plan isare to assistpromote the interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries in attracting and retaining selected individuals to serveStockholders by enabling the Company who are expected to contributeattract, motivate and retain Employees and Directors by offering them performance-based stock incentives and other equity interests in the Company and other incentive awards that recognize the creation of value for the Stockholders and promote the Company’s long-term growth and success. To achieve these purposes, eligible Participants may receive stock options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Performance Awards, Dividend Equivalent Rights and other Awards, or any combination thereof, subject to the Company’s success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefit of all stockholdersterms of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder.Plan set forth below.

The purpose of the Plan is to assistenable the Company and its Subsidiaries in attractingto attract, retain, motivate and retaining selected individualsreward qualified officers and key employees by providing them with the opportunity to serve the Company who are expected to contributeearn competitive compensation directly linked to the Company’Company's success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder.performance.

The purpose of the Plan is to assistenable the Company and its Subsidiaries in attractingto attract, retain, motivate and retaining selected individualsreward qualified officers and key employees by providing them with the opportunity to serve the Company who are expected to contributeearn competitive compensation directly linked to the Company’Company's success and to achieve long-term objectives which will inure to the benefit of all stockholders of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder.performance.

Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to assistadvance the interests of the Company and its stockholders by providing to certain key employees additional incentives and motivation toward superior performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries through the opportunity to acquire equity ownership in attractingthe Company, and retaining selected individuals to serveby enabling the Company who are expectedand its Subsidiaries to contributeattract and retain the services of employees upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of its operations is largely dependent. At the same time, the Board and Committee will work together to ensure that the implementation of the Plan, in conjunction with the Company’s successother compensation policies and practices, does not create risks that are reasonably likely to achieve long-term objectives which will inure tohave a material adverse effect on the benefit of all stockholders of the Company through the additional incentives inherent in the Awards hereunder.Company.