Amended and Restated Short-Term Incentive Performace Award Program

1.1 Restatement of Program. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of BMC Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), has previously adopted the BMC Software, Inc. Short-Term Incentive Performance Award Program (the “Program”) to implement in part the Performance Award provisions of the BMC Software, Inc. 2002 Employee Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “2002 Employee Incentive Plan”). Subsequently, the Company adopted the BMC Software, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors now desires to amend and restate the Program to update the terms of the Program so that the Program implements in part the Performance Award provisions of the Plan in place of the 2002 Employee Incentive Plan, effective as of April 1, 2009.

1.2 Purpose of Program. The Program is intended to provide a method for attracting, motivating, and retaining key employees to assist in the development and growth of the Company and its Affiliates. The Program and Awards hereunder shall be subject to the terms of the Plan, including the limitations on the maximum value of Awards contained therein.

2.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms contained in the Program, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Plan. Where the following words and phrases are used in the Program, they shall have the respective meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary:

(a) “Award” means, with respect to each Participant for a Performance Period, such Participant’s opportunity to earn a Payment Amount for such Performance Period upon the satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the Program.

(b) “Award Notice” means a written notice issued by the Company to a Participant evidencing such Participant’s receipt of an Award with respect to a Performance Period.

(c) “Base Amount” means, with respect to each Participant and each Performance Period, the annual base rate of pay paid or payable in cash by the Company and the Affiliates to or for the benefit of the Participant for services rendered or labor performed as in effect on the earlier of (i) the date of the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company if a Change in Control occurs during such Performance Period and the Participant’s employment with the Company terminates on or after the date of such Change in Control and during such Performance Period, (ii) the date of the Participant’s termination of employment with the Company if such termination is by reason of death or Disability, or (iii) the last day of such Performance Period; provided, however, that if “Base Amount” is to be determined pursuant to

clause (i) of this sentence, then in no event shall such amount be less than the Participant’s annual base rate of pay paid or payable in cash by the Company and the Affiliates to or for the benefit of the Participant for services rendered or labor performed as in effect on the day immediately preceding the date of the Change in Control. Base Amount shall be determined without reduction for amounts a Participant could have received in cash in lieu of (A) elective deferrals under the Company’s Executive Deferred Compensation Plan or (B) elective contributions made on such Participant’s behalf by the Company or an Affiliate pursuant to a qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as defined in section 401(k) of the Code) or pursuant to a plan maintained under section 125 of the Code.

(d) “Base Amount Multiplier” means, with respect to each Participant and each Performance Period, a percentage assigned to such Participant by the Committee for such Performance Period.

(e) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

(1) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or related group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) of securities possessing at least fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding securities;

(2) a change in the composition of the Board such that a majority of the Board members ceases by reason of one or more contested elections for Board membership to be comprised of individuals who either (i) are Board members as of the Effective Date (the “Incumbent Directors”) or (ii) after the Effective Date, are elected or nominated for election as Board members by at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors who are still in office at the time such election or nomination is approved by the Board (such individuals will also be considered “Incumbent Directors” upon election to the Board), but excluding for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 of the Exchange Act) with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors;

(3) a merger, consolidation, or similar corporate transaction in which the Company’s shareholders immediately prior to the transaction do not own more than sixty percent (60%) of the voting stock of the surviving corporation in the transaction;

(4) shareholder approval of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution, or sale of substantially all of its assets; or

(5) if the Participant’s primary employment duties are with a subsidiary, division, or business unit of the Company, the sale, merger, contribution, transfer or any other transaction in conjunction with which the Company’s ownership interest in the subsidiary, division, or business unit decreases below a majority interest.

(f) “Effective Date” means April 1, 2009, as to this amendment and restatement of the Program. The original effective date of the Program was April 1, 2003.

(g) “Eligible Employee” means any individual who is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate.

(h) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee who has received an Award under the Program with respect to a Performance Period pursuant to Section 4.1.

(i) “Participation Fraction” means, with respect to each Participant and each Performance Period:

(j) “Payment Amount” means, with respect to each Participant and each Award for a Performance Period, an amount that the Participant will be paid under the Program if the Performance Goals with respect to such Award are satisfied; provided, however, that a Participant’s Payment Amount for an Award shall be subject to reduction as provided in Section 6.1 and the Payment Amount for an Award, together with the amount paid pursuant to any Award under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Program, which may be paid in any calendar year in may not exceed the amount specified in Section 6.5. A Participant’s Payment Amount with respect to a particular Award for a Performance Period shall be determined as provided in the Program Schedule for such Performance Period.

(k) “Performance Goal” means, with respect to each Participant and each Award, a goal that must be achieved by the Company and/or its Affiliates in order for the Participant to receive a Payment Amount with respect to such Award. Performance Goals shall be established by the Committee and, to the extent an Award is intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, shall be based on one or more of the performance measures specified in Section 1.1(t) of the Plan.

(l) “Performance Period” means a period of time established by the Committee over which a Performance Goal shall be measured.

(m) “Program” means this BMC Software, Inc. Short-Term Incentive Performance Award Program, as amended from time to time.

(n) “Program Schedule” means a schedule that constitutes a part of the Program and details certain particulars with respect to the Program and Awards hereunder for one or more Performance Periods. Each Program Schedule shall be adopted by the Committee or shall be prepared by the appropriate officers of the Company based on resolutions, minutes or consents adopted by the Committee. There may be more than one Program Schedule under the Program. Each Program Schedule is incorporated herein by reference and thereby made a part of the Program, and references herein to the Program shall include the Program Schedules.

2.2 Number, Gender, Headings, and Periods of Time. Wherever appropriate herein, words used in the singular shall be considered to include the plural, and words used in the plural shall be considered to include the singular. The masculine gender, where appearing in the Program, shall be deemed to include the feminine gender. The headings of Articles, Sections, and Paragraphs herein are included solely for convenience. If there is any conflict between such headings and the text of the Program, the text shall control. All references to Articles, Sections, and Paragraphs are to this Program unless otherwise indicated. Any reference in the Program to a period or number of days, weeks, months, or years shall mean, respectively, calendar days, calendar weeks, calendar months, or calendar years unless expressly provided otherwise.

3.1 Administration by the Committee. The Program shall be administered by the Committee.

3.2 Powers of the Committee. The Committee shall supervise the administration and enforcement of the Program according to the terms and provisions hereof and shall have the sole discretionary authority and all of the powers necessary to accomplish these purposes. The Committee shall have all of the powers specified for it under the Program, including, without limitation, the power, right, or authority: (a) to designate an Eligible Employee as a Participant with respect to a Performance Period in accordance with Section 4.1, (b) from time to time to establish rules and procedures for the administration of the Program, which are not inconsistent

with the provisions of the Program or the Plan, and any such rules and procedures shall be effective as if included in the Program, (c) to construe in its discretion all terms, provisions, conditions, and limitations of the Program and any Award, (d) to correct any defect or to supply any omission or to reconcile any inconsistency that may appear in the Program in such manner and to such extent as the Committee shall deem appropriate, and (e) to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Program. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Program or in any Award or Award Notice in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient to carry it into effect.

3.3 Committee Decisions Conclusive; Standard of Care. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith (which, for purposes of this Section 3.3, shall mean the application of reasonable business judgment), make all decisions and determinations and take all actions necessary in connection with the administration of the Program. All such decisions, determinations, and actions by the Committee shall be final, binding, and conclusive upon all persons. The Committee shall not be liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith or upon reliance in good faith on the records of the Company or information presented to the Committee by the Company’s officers, employees, or other persons (including the Company’s outside auditors) as to matters the Committee reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence. If a Participant disagrees with any decision, determination, or action made or taken by the Committee, then the dispute will be limited to whether the Committee has satisfied its duty to make such decision or determination or take such action in good faith. No liability whatsoever shall attach to or be incurred by any past, present or future stockholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company or any of its Affiliates, under or by reason of the Program or the administration thereof, and each Participant, in consideration of receiving benefits and participating hereunder, expressly waives and releases any and all claims relating to any such liability.

4.1 Participation. The Committee shall, from time to time, in its sole discretion designate the Eligible Employees who shall become Participants in the Program with respect to a Performance Period; provided, however, that an Eligible Employee may not be selected for participation in the Program with respect to a particular Performance Period after the last day of such Performance Period. An Award to a Participant shall designate the type of such Award and the Performance Period or Performance Periods to which such Award relates. The Committee shall designate the Base Amount Multiplier that shall apply to each Participant with respect to his participation in the Program. In addition, if the effective date of a Participant’s participation in the Program with respect to a Performance Period for which such Participant receives an Award is after the first day of such Performance Period, then the Committee shall designate the effective date of such Participant’s participation in the Program with respect to such Performance Period.

4.2 Award Notices. The Company shall provide an Award Notice to each Eligible Employee who becomes a Participant under the Program as soon as administratively feasible after such Eligible Employee becomes a Participant. An Award Notice may specify one or more

Performance Periods and/or types of Awards with respect to which the Participant may participate in the Program. Further, an Award Notice may provide that the Participant shall continue to participate in the Program for successive Performance Periods until notified otherwise by the Committee or, if earlier, the date upon which he terminates employment with the Company. An Award Notice shall specify the Participant’s Base Amount Multiplier, which may be changed on a prospective basis by the Committee upon written notice to the Participant at any time prior to the commencement of a Performance Period.

5.1 Establishment of Performance Goals. The Committee shall, in its sole discretion, establish the Performance Goal or Goals that shall apply with respect to each Award for a Performance Period. The Performance Goals with respect to an Award shall be established by the Committee not later than 90 days after the commencement of the period of service to which the Performance Goals relate; provided, however, that if the Performance Goals for an Award with respect to a Performance Period are established on or after the first day of such Performance Period and the Award is intended to qualify as qualified performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code, then (a) the outcome with respect to the satisfaction of such Performance Goals must be substantially uncertain at the time such Performance Goals are so established and (b) in no event may such Performance Goals be established after 25% of the period of service has elapsed. Further, if the Committee has established Performance Goals with respect to a particular Award, then the Committee may, in its sole discretion, revise any of such Performance Goals so long as such revision is made on or before the last date upon which the Committee could have originally established such Performance Goals as described in the preceding sentence. Subject to the foregoing, the Performance Goals established by the Committee for an Award with respect to a Performance Period may include alternative targets that are contingent on the occurrence or non-occurrence of a specified event. For example, the Performance Goals for an Award may include (i) one set of targets that will apply if an acquisition, divestiture or other specified corporate event occurs during the related Performance Period and (ii) a separate set of targets that will apply if such acquisition, divestiture or other specified corporate event does not occur during such Performance Period.

(a) If, prior to the last day of a Performance Period, the Company shall effect a nonreciprocal transaction with the holders of capital stock of the Company that causes the per share value of the shares of the Company’s common stock to change, such as a stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering, or recapitalization through a large, nonrecurring cash dividend (each, an “Equity Restructuring”), then the number of shares as to which an Award pertains shall be proportionately adjusted by the Committee in a manner that reflects such event. The Committee may also proportionally adjust any Performance Goal for an Award with respect to such Performance Period that is based on or measured by a per share of common stock criteria in a manner that reflects such Equity Restructuring; provided, however, that no such adjustment shall be made if the Performance Goals established by the Committee for such Performance Period reflect that the Committee considered such event in establishing such targets.

(b) The Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to remove the effect of equity compensation expense under FAS 123R, amortization of acquired technology and intangibles, asset write-downs; litigation or claim judgments or settlements; the effect of changes in or provisions under tax law, accounting principles or other such laws or provisions affecting reported results; accruals for reorganization and restructuring programs; discontinued operations; and any items that are extraordinary, unusual in nature, non-recurring or infrequent in occurrence, except where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the Award under Section 162(m) of the Code, if applicable.

6.1 Determinations and Certification by the Committee. As soon as administratively feasible after the end of each Performance Period, the Committee shall determine whether the Performance Goals applicable to Awards for such Performance Period were satisfied and, if such Performance Goals were satisfied in whole or in part, the Payment Amount, if any, for each Participant holding such an Award. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, at any time prior to the date an amount is paid to or for the benefit of a Participant pursuant to Section 6.2 with respect to a Performance Period, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, reduce the Payment Amount that would otherwise be payable pursuant to Section 6.2 (but not Section 6.3) to such Participant for such Performance Period based on the Committee’s view of such Participant’s performance and/or the Company’s performance during such Performance Period. Any such reduction may be made with respect to one or more Participants and not other Participants, and the magnitude of such reductions may vary among individual Participants. The Committee’s determinations pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 6.1 for each Performance Period and any other material terms relating to the payment of an Award shall be certified by the Committee in writing and delivered to the Secretary of the Company no later than six weeks after the last day of such Performance Period. For purposes of the preceding sentence, approved minutes of the Committee meeting in which the certification is made shall be treated as a written certification.

6.2 Eligibility for Payment of Awards. Upon the Committee’s written certification in accordance with Section 6.1 that a Payment Amount for an Award with respect to a Performance Period is due under the Program, each Participant who has received an Award with respect to such Performance Period and who has remained continuously employed by the Company or an Affiliate (or was on a voluntary personal leave of absence approved by the Company) from the effective date as of which such Participant received such Award until the last day of such Performance Period shall be entitled to the Payment Amount applicable to such Participant’s Award for such Performance Period. Further, if a Participant received an Award with respect to such Performance Period and his employment with the Company terminated during such Performance Period by reason of death or Disability, then such Participant shall be entitled to the Payment Amount applicable to such Participant’s Award for such Performance

Period; Except as provided in the preceding sentence or in Section 6.3, if a Participant’s employment with the Company terminates for any reason whatsoever prior to the last day of a Performance Period, then such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any payment under the Program with respect to his or her Award for such Performance Period. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, if a Participant’s employment with the Company terminates during a Performance Period by reason of death or Disability, then such Participant shall not be entitled to any payment under the Program with respect to any Performance Period that begins after the date of such termination of employment. Payment of the amount to which a Participant becomes entitled pursuant to this Section 6.2 shall be made by the Company as soon as administratively feasible after the Committee’s written certification that a Payment Amount is due under the Program.

6.3 Change in Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 shall cease to apply with respect to Awards for the Performance Period during which such Change in Control occurs and the Company shall be required to pay a Payment Amount (as determined below) for such Awards to each Participant who is employed by the Company on the day immediately prior to the Change in Control (or who is on a voluntary personal leave of absence at such time that has been approved by the Company or who has terminated employment with the Company during such Performance Period and prior to such Change in Control by reason of death or Disability. For purposes of this Section 6.3, the Payment Amount for each Participant who is entitled to a payment pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall be calculated as if the Performance Goal or Goals applicable to an affected Award were achieved at a level specified in the Program Schedule for purposes of this Section 6.3. The Payment Amount determined under this Section 6.3 shall be paid to each eligible Participant as soon as administratively feasible after the last day of the Performance Period in which the Change in Control occurs; provided, however, that (a) with respect to a Participant whose employment with the Company terminated during such Performance Period and prior to the Change in Control by reason of death or Disability, then such payment shall be paid to such Participant as soon as administratively feasible after the date of the Change in Control, and (b) with respect to a Participant whose employment with the Company terminated during such Performance Period and on or after the date of the Change in Control for any reason whatsoever, then such payment shall be paid to such Participant as soon as administratively feasible after the date of his termination of employment.

6.4 Form of Payment of Awards. All payments to be made under the Program to a Participant with respect to an Award for a Performance Period shall be paid in a single lump sum cash payment.

6.5 Maximum Payment Amount. In no event shall the Payment Amount that is paid to or on behalf of any one individual under this Program, together with the amount paid to such individual under the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Performance Award Program, exceed $10,000,000 in any calendar year; provided, however, that all Payment Amounts for Awards hereunder shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.4 of the Plan.

The Committee may amend the Program at any time and from time to time; provided, however, that the Program may not be amended after the last day of a Performance Period in a manner that would impair the rights of any Participant with respect to any outstanding Award pertaining to such Performance Period without the consent of such Participant. The Committee may at any time prior to the last day of a Performance Period terminate the Program (in its entirety or as it applies to one or more specified Affiliates) with respect to such Performance Period and subsequent Performance Periods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Program may not be amended or terminated in contemplation of or in connection with a Change in Control, nor may any Participant’s participation herein be terminated in contemplation of or in connection with a Change in Control, unless adequate and effective provision for the making of all payments otherwise payable pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Program with respect to such Change in Control shall be made in connection with any such amendment or termination. The Committee shall remain in existence after the termination of the Program for the period determined necessary by the Committee to facilitate the termination of the Program, and all provisions of the Program that are necessary, in the opinion of the Committee, for equitable operation of the Program during such period shall remain in force.

8.1 No Effect on Employment Relationship. For all purposes of the Program, a Participant shall be considered to be in the employment of the Company as long as he remains employed on a full-time basis by the Company or any Affiliate. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that a Participant shall be considered to have terminated employment with the Company at the time of the termination of the “Affiliate” status under the Program of the entity or other organization that employs the Participant. Nothing in the adoption of the Program, the grant of Awards, or the payment of amounts under the Program shall confer on any person the right to continued employment by the Company or any Affiliate or affect in any way the right of the Company (or an Affiliate, if applicable) to terminate such employment at any time. Unless otherwise provided in a written employment agreement, the employment of each Participant shall be on an at-will basis, and the employment relationship may be terminated at any time by either the Participant or the Participant’s employer for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause. Any question as to whether and when there has been a termination of a Participant’s employment for purposes of the Program, and the reason for such termination, shall be determined solely by and in the discretion of the Committee, and its determination shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all parties.

8.2 Prohibition Against Assignment or Encumbrance. No Award or other right, title, interest, or benefit hereunder shall ever be assignable or transferable, or liable for, or charged with any of the torts or obligations of a Participant or any person claiming under a Participant, or be subject to seizure by any creditor of a Participant or any person claiming under a Participant. No Participant or any person claiming under a Participant shall have the power to anticipate or dispose of any Award or other right, title, interest, or benefit hereunder in any manner until the same shall have actually been distributed free and clear of the terms of the

Program. Payments with respect to an Award shall be payable only to the Participant (or (a) in the event of a Disability that renders such Participant incapable of conducting his or her own affairs, any payment due under the Program to such Participant shall be made to his or her duly appointed legal representative and (b) in the event of the death of a Participant, any payment due under the Program to such Participant shall be made to his or her estate). The provisions of the Program shall be binding on all successors and permitted assigns of a Participant, including without limitation the estate of such Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of such estate, or any receiver or trustee in bankruptcy or representative of the Participant’s creditors.

8.3 Unfunded, Unsecured Program. The Program shall constitute an unfunded, unsecured obligation of the Company to make payments of incentive compensation to certain individuals from its general assets in accordance with the Program. Each Award granted under the Program merely constitutes a mechanism for measuring such incentive compensation and does not constitute a property right or interest in the Company, any Affiliate, or any of their assets. Neither the establishment of the Program, the granting of Awards, nor any other action taken in connection with the Program shall be deemed to create an escrow or trust fund of any kind.

8.4 No Rights of Participant. No Participant shall have any security or other interest in any assets of the Company or any Affiliate or in the securities issued by the Company or any Affiliate as a result of participation in the Program. Participants and all persons claiming under Participants shall rely solely on the unsecured promise of the Company set forth herein, and nothing in the Program, an Award or an Award Notice shall be construed to give a Participant or anyone claiming under a Participant any right, title, interest, or claim in or to any specific asset, fund, entity, reserve, account, or property of any kind whatsoever owned by the Company or any Affiliate or in which the Company or any Affiliate may have an interest now or in the future; but each Participant shall have the right to enforce any claim hereunder in the same manner as a general creditor. Neither the establishment of the Program nor participation hereunder shall create any right in any Participant to make any decision, or provide input with respect to any decision, relating to the business of the Company or any Affiliate.

8.5 Tax Withholding. The Company and the Affiliates shall deduct and withhold, or cause to be withheld, from a Participant’s payment made under the Program, or from any other payment to such Participant, an amount necessary to satisfy any and all tax withholding obligations arising under applicable local, state, federal, or foreign laws associated with such payment. The Company and the Affiliates may take any other action as may in their opinion be necessary to satisfy all obligations for the payment and withholding of such taxes.

8.6 No Effect on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Program or any Participant’s Award or Award Notice shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation arrangements affecting any Participant. Nothing in the Program shall be construed to affect the provisions of any other compensation plan or program maintained by the Company or any Affiliate.

8.7 Affiliates. The Company may require any Affiliate employing a Participant to assume and guarantee the Company’s obligations hereunder to such Participant, either at all times or solely in the event that such Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate.

8.8 Governing Law. The Program shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the Company acting pursuant to authority granted to her by the Committee has executed this instrument as of the 1st day of September, 2009, effective as of the Effective Date.


BMC SOFTWARE, INC.

By:		/s/ DONNA HARRIGAN
Name:		Donna Harrigan
Title:		Vice President