EX-10.D 27 txn-12312011xexhibit10d.htm EXHIBIT 10(D) TXN - 12.31.2011 - Exhibit 10(d)


EXHIBIT 10(d)
                                                              

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS 1996 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
As Adopted April 18, 1996


The Texas Instruments 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan is designed to enhance the
ability of the Company to attract and retain exceptionally qualified
individuals and to encourage them to acquire a proprietary interest in the
growth and performance of the Company.

For purposes of the Plan, unless otherwise indicated, the term "Company" shall
mean Texas Instruments Incorporated and its subsidiaries of which
substantially all of the voting stock is owned directly or indirectly by Texas
Instruments.

Eligibility

Any employee of the Company, including any officer or employee-director, shall
be eligible to be designated a Participant (defined below). Directors who are
not full-time or part-time officers or employees are not eligible to be
designated Participants.

Compensation Committee

The Plan shall be administered by a Committee of the Board of Directors which
shall be known as the Compensation Committee (the "Committee"). The Committee
shall be appointed by a majority of the whole Board and shall consist of not
less than three directors. The Board may designate one or more directors as
alternate members of the Committee who may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the Committee. A director may serve as a member or
alternate member of the Committee only during periods in which he is a
"disinterested person" as described in Rule 16b-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to time ("Rule 16b-3"). No
member or alternate member of the Committee shall be eligible, while a member
or alternate member, for participation in the Plan. In addition, a director
may serve as a member or alternate member of the Committee only during periods
in which he is an "outside" director as described in Section 162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and regulations promulgated thereunder. The
Committee shall have full power and authority to construe, interpret and
administer the Plan. It may issue rules and regulations for administration of
the Plan. It shall meet at such times and places as it may determine. A
majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum and all
decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all
parties, including the Company, the stockholders and the employees.

Definitions

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:


(a) "Award" shall mean any Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit,
Performance Unit or Other Stock-Based Award granted under the Plan.

(b) "Award Agreement" shall mean any written agreement, contract or other
instrument or document evidencing any Award granted under the Plan.






(c) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.

(d) "Cycle Time Improvement" shall mean a reduction of the actual time a
specific process relating to a product or service of the Company takes to
accomplish.

(e) "Earnings Per Share" shall mean earnings per share calculated in
accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

(f) "Fair Market Value" shall mean, with respect to any property (including,
without limitation, any Shares or other securities) the fair market value
of such property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be
established from time to time by the Committee.

(g) "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean an option granted under paragraph (a)
under the heading "Awards" set forth below that is intended to meet the
requirements of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision
thereto.

(h) "Manufacturing Process Yield" shall mean the good units produced as a
percent of the total units processed.

(i) "Market Share" shall mean the percent of sales of the total available
market in an industry, product line or product attained by the Company or
one of its business units during a time period.

(j) "Net Revenue Per Employee" in a period shall mean net revenue divided by
the average number of employees of the Company, with average defined as
the sum of the number of employees at the beginning and ending of the
period divided by two.

(k) "Non-Qualified Stock Option" shall mean an option granted under said
paragraph (a) that is not intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

(l) "Option" shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock
Option.

(m) "Other Stock-Based Award" shall mean any right granted under paragraph
(d) under the heading "Awards" set forth below.

(n) "Participant" shall mean an employee designated to be granted an Award
under the Plan.

(o) "Performance Unit" shall mean any right granted under paragraph (c) under
the heading "Awards" set forth below.

(p) "Released Securities" shall mean securities that were Restricted
Securities with respect to which all applicable restrictions have
expired, lapsed, or been waived.




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(q) "Restricted Securities" shall mean Awards of Restricted Stock or other
Awards under which issued and outstanding Shares are held subject to
certain restrictions.






(r) "Restricted Stock" shall mean any Share granted under paragraph (b) under
the heading "Awards" set forth below.

(s) "Restricted Stock Unit" shall mean any right granted under said paragraph
(b) that is denominated in Shares.

(t) "Return On Common Equity" for a period shall mean net income less
preferred stock dividends divided by total shareholders equity, less
amounts, if any, attributable to preferred stock.

(u) "Return On Net Assets" for a period shall mean net income less preferred
stock dividends divided by the difference of average total assets less
average non-debt liabilities, with average defined as the sum of assets
or liabilities at the beginning and ending of the period divided by two.

(v) "Revenue Growth" shall mean the percentage change in revenue (as defined
in Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 6, published by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board) from one period to another.

(w) "Shares" shall mean shares of the common stock of the Company, $1.00 par
value.

(x) "Total Shareholder Return" shall mean the sum of the appreciation in the
Company's stock price and dividends paid on the common stock of the
Company over a given period of time.

Administration of Plan

The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the terms of the
Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and authority to:
(i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be
granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of
Shares to be covered by (or with respect to which payments, rights, or other
matters are to be calculated in connection with) Awards; (iv) determine the
terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and
under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Shares,
other securities, other Awards, or other property, or canceled, forfeited or
suspended, and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled,
exercised, canceled, forfeited or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what
extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares, other securities, other
Awards, other property, and other amounts payable with respect to an Award
under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of
the holder thereof or of the Committee; (vii) interpret and administer the
Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the
Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and
appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration
of the Plan; and (ix) make any other determination and take any other action
that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the
Plan.

Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the amounts of any dividend
equivalents or interest determined by the Committee to be payable with respect
to any Awards shall not be counted against the aggregate number of shares



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available for granting Awards under the Plan. Unless otherwise expressly
provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations and
other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within
the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time, and shall be
final, conclusive and binding upon all persons, including the Company, any
Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, any stockholder and any
employee of the Company.

Shares Available for Awards

Subject to adjustment as provided below:

(a) Number of Shares Available

(i) Overall. The number of Shares available for granting Awards
(including Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
and Other Stock-Based Awards) under the Plan during the term of
the Plan shall be 18,500,000 shares. If, after the effective
date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an award granted under
the Plan, or by an option granted under the Company's 1984 or
1988 Stock Option Plans, or an award granted under the Company's
Long-Term Incentive Plan adopted April 15, 1993, or to which such
an award relates, are forfeited, or if such an Award or such an
option otherwise terminates without the delivery of Shares or of
other consideration, then the Shares covered by such award or
option, or to which such award relates, or the number of Shares
otherwise counted against the aggregate number of Shares
available under the Plan with respect to such award, to the
extent of any such forfeiture or termination, shall again be, or
shall become, available for granting awards under the Plan to
the extent permitted by Rule 16b-3.


(ii) Additional Restriction. The maximum number of Shares that may be
awarded under paragraph (b), "Restricted Stock and Restricted
Stock Units", and paragraph (d), "Other Stock-Based Awards",
under the heading "Awards" below during the term of the Plan
shall be 2,000,000 shares.

(b) Accounting for Awards

For purposes of this section:

(i) If an Award is denominated in Shares, the number of Shares
covered by such Award, or to which such Award relates, shall be
counted on the date of grant of such Award against the aggregate
number of Shares available for granting Awards under the Plan;
and

(ii) Awards not denominated in Shares shall be counted against the
aggregate number of Shares available for granting Awards under
the Plan in such amount and at such time as the Committee shall
determine under procedures adopted by the Committee consistent
with the purposes of the Plan;

provided, however, that Awards that operate in tandem with (whether granted
simultaneously with or at a different time from) other Awards may be counted








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or not counted under procedures adopted by the Committee in order to avoid
double counting. Any Shares that are delivered by the Company, and any Awards
that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Company, through the
assumption by the Company of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards
previously granted by an acquired company shall not, except in the case of
Awards granted to employees who are officers or directors of the Company for
purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, be
counted against the Shares available for granting Awards under the Plan.

(c) Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards

Any Shares delivered pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of
authorized and unissued Shares or of treasury Shares.

(d) Adjustments

In the event that the Committee shall determine that any dividend or other
distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other
property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization,
merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange
of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other
rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar
corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that an adjustment is
determined by the Committee to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made
available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may
deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Shares (or
other securities or property) which thereafter may be made the subject of
Awards, (ii) the number and type of Shares (or other securities or property)
subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the grant, purchase, or exercise
price with respect to any Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for
a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award; provided, however, in
each case, that with respect to Awards of Incentive Stock Options no such
adjustment shall be authorized to the extent that such authority would cause
the Plan to violate Section 422(b)(1) of the Code or any successor provision
thereof; and provided further, that the number of Shares subject to any Award
denominated in Shares shall always be a whole number.

Awards

(a) Options. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options to
Participants with the following terms and conditions and with such additional
terms and conditions, in either case not inconsistent with the provisions of
the Plan, as the Committee shall determine:

(i) Exercise Price. The purchase price per Share purchasable under
an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided,
however, that, except in the case of Options granted through
assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards
previously granted by an acquired company, such purchase price
shall not be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the
date of grant of such Option.

(ii) Option Term. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the
Committee.










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(iii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the
time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in
part, and the method or methods by which, and the form or forms,
including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other Awards, or
other property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market
Value on the exercise date equal to the relevant exercise price,
in which, payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may
be made or deemed to have been made.

(iv) Incentive Stock Options. The terms of any Incentive Stock Option
granted under the Plan shall comply in all respects with the
provisions of Section 422 of the Code, or any successor
provision thereto, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

(b) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

(i) Issuance. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Awards of
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units to Participants.

(ii) Restrictions. Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock
Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may
impose (including, without limitation, any limitation on the
right to vote a Share of Restricted Stock or the right to
receive any dividend or other right or property), which
restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time
or times, in such installments or otherwise, as the Committee may
deem appropriate. However, the minimum vesting period for
Restricted Stock Units granted under this Plan shall be three
years.

(iii) Registration. Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan may be
evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate
including, without limitation, book-entry registration or
issuance of a stock certificate or certificates. In the event
any stock certificate is issued in respect of Shares of
Restricted Stock granted under the Plan, such certificate shall
be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an
appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and
restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock.

(iv) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee,
upon termination of employment (as determined under criteria
established by the Committee) for any reason during the
applicable restriction period, all Shares of Restricted Stock and
all Restricted Stock Units still, in either case, subject to
restriction shall be forfeited and reacquired by the Company;
provided, however, that the Committee may, when it finds that a
waiver would be in the best interests of the Company, waive in
whole or in part any or all remaining restrictions with respect
to Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.
Unrestricted Shares, evidenced in such manner as the Committee
shall deem appropriate, shall be delivered to the holder of
Restricted Stock promptly after such Restricted Stock shall





become Released Securities.

(c) Performance Units. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant
Performance Units to Participants. Subject to the terms of the Plan, a



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Performance Unit granted under the Plan (i) may be denominated or payable in
cash, Shares (including, without limitation, Restricted Stock), other
securities, other Awards, or other property and (ii) shall confer on the
holder thereof rights valued as determined by the Committee and payable to, or
exercisable by, the holder of the Performance Unit, in whole or in part, upon
the achievement of such performance goals during such performance periods as
the Committee shall establish. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the
performance goals to be achieved during any performance period, the length of
any performance period, the amount of any Performance Unit granted and the
amount of any payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any Performance Unit
shall be determined by the Committee.

(d) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant
to Participants such other Awards (including, without limitation, stock
appreciation rights) that are denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in
part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including,
without limitation, securities convertible into Shares) as are deemed by the
Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan. Subject to the
terms of the Plan, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of
such Awards. Shares or other securities delivered pursuant to a purchase
right granted under this paragraph (d) shall be purchased for such
consideration, which may be paid by such method or methods and in such form or
forms, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, other securities, other
Awards, or other property, or any combination thereof, as the Committee shall
determine, the value of which consideration, as established by the Committee,
shall, except in the case of Awards granted through assumption of, or in
substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an acquired
company, not be less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares or other
securities as of the date such purchase right is granted.

(e) General.

(i) No Cash Consideration for Awards. Awards shall be granted for no
cash consideration or for such minimal cash consideration as may
be required by applicable law.

(ii) Awards May Be Granted Separately or Together. Awards may, in the
discretion of the Committee, be granted either alone or in
addition to or in tandem with any other Award or any award
granted under any other plan of the Company. Awards granted in
addition to or in tandem with other Awards, or in addition to or
in tandem with awards granted under any other plan of the
Company, may be granted either at the same time as or at a
different time from the grant of such other Awards or awards.

(iii) Forms of Payment Under Awards. Subject to the terms of the Plan,
payments or transfers to be made by the Company upon the grant,
exercise or payment of an Award may be made in such form or forms
as the Committee shall determine including, without limitation,
cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other property,





or any combination thereof, and may be made in a single payment
or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis, in each
case in accordance with rules and procedures established by the
Committee. Such rules and procedures may include, without
limitation, provisions for the payment or crediting of reasonable
interest on installment or deferred payments or the grant or
crediting of dividend equivalents in respect of installment or
deferred payments.


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(iv) Limits on Transfer of Awards. No Award (other than Released
Securities), and no right under any such Award, shall be
assignable, alienable, saleable or transferable by a Participant
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution
(or, in the case of an Award of Restricted Securities, to the
Company); provided, however, that, if so determined by the
Committee, a Participant may, in the manner established by the
Committee, designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise
the rights of the Participant, and to receive any property
distributable, with respect to any Award upon the death of the
Participant. Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall
be exercisable during the Participant's lifetime only by the
Participant or, if permissible under applicable law, by the
Participant's guardian or legal representative. No Award (other
than Released Securities), and no right under any such Award, may
be pledged, alienated, attached, or otherwise encumbered, and any
purported pledge, alienation, attachment or encumbrance thereof
shall be void and unenforceable against the Company.

(v) Term of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such period
as may be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that in
no event shall the term of any Incentive Stock Option exceed a
period of ten years from the date of its grant.

(vi) Share Certificates. All certificates for Shares or other
securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the
exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders
and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under
the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which
such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any
applicable Federal or state securities laws, and the Committee
may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates
to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

(vii) Performance Measures for Selected Awards. Every award other than
an option or stock appreciation right to a member of the
Executive Group (defined below) shall include a pre-established
formula, such that payment, retention or vesting of the award is
subject to the achievement during a performance period or
periods, as determined by the Committee, of a level or levels, as
determined by the Committee, of one or more of the following
performance measures, as determined by the Committee: (i) return
on net assets, (ii) revenue growth, (iii) return on common
equity, (iv) total shareholder return, (v) earnings per share,
(vi) cycle time improvement, (vii) manufacturing process yield,
(viii) net revenue per employee or (ix) market share. The





"Executive Group" shall include every person who, at the time
such pre-established formula is determined, is expected by the
Committee to be both (a) a "covered employee" as defined in
Section 162(m) of the Code as of the end of the taxable year in
which payment of the award may be deducted by the Company, and
(b) the recipient of compensation of more than $1,000,000 for
that taxable year. For awards in the form of options or stock
appreciation rights, no more than 500,000 shares can be granted
under this Plan to any participant in any one year. For other
awards denominated in stock, no more than 50,000 shares can be



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granted under this Plan to any participant in any one year. For
all other awards, no more than $5,000,000 can be paid under this
Plan to any participant in any one year.

Amendment and Termination

Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law and unless otherwise
expressly provided in an Award Agreement or in the Plan:

(a) Amendments to the Plan. The Board of Directors of the Company may
amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or terminate the Plan, without the consent
of any share owner, Participant, other holder or beneficiary of an Award, or
other person; provided, however, that, no such action shall impair the rights
under any Award theretofore granted under the Plan and that, notwithstanding
any other provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, without the approval
of the stockholders of the Company no such amendment, alteration, suspension,
discontinuation or termination shall be made that would:

(i) Increase the total number of Shares available for Awards under
the Plan, except as provided under the heading "Shares Available
for Awards" above; or

(ii) permit Options or other Stock-Based Awards encompassing rights to
purchase Shares to be granted with per Share grant, purchase, or
exercise prices of less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the date of grant thereof, except to the extent permitted in
paragraphs (a) or (d) under the heading "Awards" above.

(b) Amendments to Awards. The Committee may waive any conditions or
rights under, amend any terms of, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue or
terminate, any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively,
without the consent of any relevant Participant or holder or beneficiary of an
Award, provided that no such action shall impair the rights of any relevant
Participant or holder or beneficiary under any Award theretofore granted under
the Plan; and provided further that, except as provided for in paragraph (d)
under the heading "Shares Available for Awards" above and in paragraph (c)
below, no such action shall reduce the exercise price of any Option.

(c) Adjustments of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or
Nonrecurring Events. The Committee shall be authorized to make adjustments in
the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in
recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation,
the events described in paragraph (d) under the heading "Shares Available for
Awards" above) affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the





Company, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations or accounting
principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are
appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or
potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan.

(d) Correction of Defects, Omissions and Inconsistencies. The Committee
may correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any inconsistency in
the Plan or any Award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable
to carry the Plan into effect.







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General Provisions

(a) No Rights to Awards. No employee, Participant or other person shall
have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no
obligation for uniformity of treatment of employees, Participants, or holders
or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards
need not be the same with respect to each recipient.

(b) Delegation. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers or
managers of the Company, or a committee of such officers or managers, the
authority, subject to such terms and limitations as the Committee shall
determine, to grant Awards to, or to cancel, modify, waive rights with respect
to, alter, discontinue, suspend or terminate Awards held by, employees who are
not officers or directors of the Company for purposes of Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, that any delegation to
management shall conform with the requirements of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware, as in effect from time to time.

(c) Withholding. The Company shall be authorized to withhold from any
Award granted or any payment due or transfer made under any Award or under the
Plan the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards, or other
property) of withholding taxes due in respect of an Award, its exercise, or
any payment or transfer under such Award or under the Plan and to take such
other action (including, without limitation, providing for elective payment of
such amounts in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property
by the Participant) as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to
satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

(d) No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the
Plan shall prevent the Company from adopting or continuing in effect other or
additional compensation arrangements, and such arrangements may be either
generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.

(e) No Right to Employment. The grant of an Award shall not be construed
as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company.
Further, the Company may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment,
free from any liability, or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise
expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement.

(f) Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and
any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in





accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and applicable Federal law.

(g) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes
or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or
as to any person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any
law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or
deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed
or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially
altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken
as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and
any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

(h) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create
or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary
relationship between the Company and a Participant or any other person. To
the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the



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Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of
any unsecured general creditor of the Company.

(i) No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or
delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine
whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred
in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any
rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

Effective Date of the Plan

The Plan shall be effective as of the date of its approval by the stockholders
of the Company.

Term of the Plan

No Award shall be granted under the Plan after April 18, 2006. However,
unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award
Agreement, any Award theretofore granted may extend beyond such date, and the
authority of the Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or
terminate any such Award, or to waive any conditions or rights under any such
Award, and the authority of the Board of Directors of the Company to amend the
Plan, shall extend beyond such date.