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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-118712
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170406
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170410
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170410

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYNOPSYS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000883241
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				561546236
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19807
		FILM NUMBER:		17754196

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		690 E MIDDLEFIELD RD
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6505845000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		690 E MIDDLEFIELD RD
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FORM&nbsp;8-K</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April&nbsp;6, 2017 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SYNOPSYS,&nbsp;INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>690 East Middlefield Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mountain View, California 94043 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(650)&nbsp;584-5000</FONT> </B></P>
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former address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the
appropriate box below if the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under</FONT> the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(e)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Amendment of 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan; Approval of 2017 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Incentive Plan</I></B><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;<B><I>Annual Meeting</I></B>&#148;) of Synopsys, Inc.
(&#147;<B><I>Synopsys</I></B>&#148;) held on April&nbsp;6, 2017, Synopsys&#146; stockholders approved Synopsys&#146; 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Amended Employee Equity Plan</I></B>&#148;), in order to, among
other items, increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the plan by 5,000,000 shares. Synopsys&#146; Board of Directors (the &#147;<B><I>Board</I></B>&#148;) and the Compensation Committee of the Board previously
approved the Amended Employee Equity Plan, subject to such stockholder approval. Synopsys&#146; executive officers are eligible to participate in the Amended Employee Equity Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the 2017 Annual Meeting, Synopsys&#146; stockholders also approved the 2017 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors
Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;<B><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan</I></B>&#148;), in order to, among other items, authorize 450,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the plan. The Board and the
Compensation Committee previously approved the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan, subject to such stockholder approval. Only <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> members of the Board are
eligible to participate in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Summaries of the Amended
Employee Equity Plan and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan are set forth in Synopsys&#146; definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February&nbsp;17, 2017 (the &#147;<B><I>Proxy Statement</I></B>&#148;). Those summaries and the above descriptions of the Amended Employee Equity Plan and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan do not purport to
be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended Employee Equity Plan and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan, which are filed as Exhibits 10.4 and 10.8, respectively, to this Current
Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and are each incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;5.07</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)(b) </B><B><I>Stockholder Meeting
Results</I></B><B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As described in Item 5.02(e) above, Synopsys held its Annual Meeting on April&nbsp;6, 2017. As of the record date,
February&nbsp;10, 2017, 150,475,423 shares of Synopsys common stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A total of 135,231,385 shares of Synopsys common stock, constituting a quorum, were represented in person or by proxy at
the Annual Meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys&#146; stockholders voted on six proposals at the Annual Meeting. The proposals are described in the Proxy
Statement. The final results of the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Proposal 1:&nbsp;</B>Synopsys&#146; stockholders elected ten
directors to Synopsys&#146; Board, to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected. The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below:<B></B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Aart J. de Geus</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">119,073,106</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chi-Foon Chan</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">123,702,520</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,799,243</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Janice D. Chaffin</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">125,259,491</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bruce R. Chizen</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">122,556,463</TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deborah&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Coleman</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">116,735,273</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,766,490</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mercedes Johnson</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">117,524,501</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,977,262</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chrysostomos L. &#147;Max&#148; Nikias</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">124,643,547</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">858,216</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John Schwarz</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">123,434,833</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">2,066,930</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Roy Vallee</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">122,396,758</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,105,005</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven C. Walske</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">117,492,867</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,008,896</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Proposal 2:</B>&nbsp;As described in Item 5.02(e) above, Synopsys&#146; stockholders approved the Amended
Employee Equity Plan in order to, among other items, increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the plan by 5,000,000 shares. The Amended Employee Equity Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="83%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="4%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">113,172,919</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Against:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12,242,912</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Abstain:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">85,932</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Votes:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Proposal 3:</B> As described in Item 5.02(e) above, Synopsys&#146; stockholders approved the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan to authorize 450,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the plan. The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Plan is filed as Exhibit
10.8 to this Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="68%" BORDER="0" STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" ALIGN="center">


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<TD WIDTH="83%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="4%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">115,633,605</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Against:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,252,394</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Abstain:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">615,764</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Votes:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Proposal 4:</B>&nbsp;Synopsys&#146; stockholders indicated their preference, on an advisory basis, that an advisory vote on
the compensation of Synopsys&#146; named executive officers be held every year. The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="4%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1 Year:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">108,106,675</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2 Years:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">22,163</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3 Years:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">17,276,811</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Abstain:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">96,114</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Proposal 5:</B>&nbsp;Synopsys&#146; stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Synopsys&#146; named
executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">117,400,104</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Against:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,965,807</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Abstain:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">135,852</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Broker <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Votes:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">9,729,622</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Proposal 6:</B>&nbsp;Synopsys&#146; stockholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Synopsys&#146; independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October&nbsp;31, 2017. The voting results regarding this proposal are set forth below: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">133,244,835</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Against:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,962,741</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Abstain:</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">23,809</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Board Determination with Respect to Frequency of Advisory Votes on Compensation</I></B><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After consideration of the results of the vote on Proposal 4 as described above, and based upon current information and its prior analysis and
recommendation, on April 6, 2017 the Board determined that Synopsys will hold an advisory vote on the compensation of its named executive officers every year, until the Board determines otherwise or Synopsys holds another advisory vote on frequency,
which will be no later than Synopsys&#146; 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;9.01</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B><B><I>Exhibits</I></B><B> </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="92%"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:28.45pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Number</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:39.50pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>


<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.4</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>10.8</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">2017 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors Equity Incentive Plan</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="46%"></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%"></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><B>SYNOPSYS, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dated: April&nbsp;10, 2017</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> F. R<SMALL>UNKEL</SMALL>,
J<SMALL>R</SMALL>.</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>John F. Runkel, Jr.</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SYNOPSYS, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2006
EMPLOYEE EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: MARCH&nbsp;3, 2006 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS: APRIL&nbsp;25, 2006 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AS AMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: FEBRUARY&nbsp;14, 2017 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AMENDMENT APPROVED BY THE STOCKHOLDERS: APRIL&nbsp;6, 2017 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">TERMINATION DATE: APRIL&nbsp;1, 2026 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>GENERAL. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Successor and Continuation of Prior Plans.</B> The Plan is intended as
the successor and continuation of the (i)&nbsp;Synopsys, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan, (ii)&nbsp;Synopsys, Inc. 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, and (iii)&nbsp;Synopsys, Inc. 2005 Assumed Stock Option Plan (collectively, the &#147;<B><I>Prior
Plans</I></B>&#148;). Following the Effective Date, no additional stock awards shall be granted under the Prior Plans. Any shares remaining available for issuance on the Effective Date under the Prior Plans became available for issuance pursuant to
Stock Awards granted hereunder. Any shares subject to outstanding stock awards granted under the Prior Plans that expired or terminated for any reason prior to exercise or settlement became available for issuance pursuant to Stock Awards granted
hereunder. As of January&nbsp;12, 2017, no awards remained outstanding under the Prior Plans. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Eligible Award Recipients.</B> The
persons eligible to receive Awards are Employees and Consultants. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-employee</FONT> Directors are not eligible to receive Awards under this Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B>Available Awards.</B> The Plan provides for the grant of the following Stock Awards: (i)&nbsp;Incentive Stock Options,
(ii)&nbsp;Nonstatutory Stock Options, (iii)&nbsp;Restricted Stock Awards, (iv)&nbsp;Restricted Stock Unit Awards, (v)&nbsp;Stock Appreciation Rights, (vi)&nbsp;Performance Stock Awards, and (vii)&nbsp;Other Stock Awards. The Plan also provides for
the grant of Performance Cash Awards. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Purpose.</B> The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to secure and retain the services of
the group of persons eligible to receive Stock Awards as set forth in Section&nbsp;1(b), to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and any Affiliate and to provide a means by which such eligible
recipients may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the Common Stock through the granting of Stock Awards. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>DEFINITIONS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in the Plan, the following definitions shall apply to the
capitalized terms indicated below: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) &#147;<B><I>Affiliate</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;any corporation (other than the Company) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company, provided each corporation in the unbroken chain (other than the Company) owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;or more of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain, and (ii)&nbsp;any corporation (other than the Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, provided each corporation (other than the last
corporation) in the unbroken chain owns, at the time of the determination, stock possessing fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain. The Board shall
have the authority to determine (i)&nbsp;the time or times at which the ownership tests are applied, and (ii)&nbsp;whether &#147;Affiliate&#148; includes entities other than corporations within the foregoing definition. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) &#147;<B><I>Award</I></B>&#148; means a Stock Award or a Performance Cash Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) &#147;<B><I>Board</I></B>&#148; means the Board of Directors of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) &#147;<B><I>Capitalization Adjustment</I></B>&#148; has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section&nbsp;9(a). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) &#147;<B><I>Cause</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to a Participant, the occurrence of any of the following: (i)&nbsp;the Participant
commits an act of dishonesty in connection with the Participant&#146;s responsibilities as an Employee or Consultant; (ii)&nbsp;the Participant commits a felony or any act of moral turpitude; (iii)&nbsp;the Participant commits any willful or grossly
negligent act that constitutes gross misconduct and/or injures, or is reasonably likely to injure, the Company or any Affiliate; or (iv)&nbsp;the Participant willfully and materially violates (A)&nbsp;any written policies or procedures of the
Company or any Affiliate, or (B)&nbsp;the Participant&#146;s obligations to the Company or any Affiliate. The determination </P>

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that a termination is for Cause shall be made by the Company in its sole discretion. Any determination by the Company that the Continuous Service of a Participant was terminated with or without
Cause for the purposes of outstanding Awards held by such Participant shall have no effect upon any determination of the rights or obligations of the Company or such Participant for any other purpose. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) &#147;<B><I>Change in Control</I></B>&#148; means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any
one or more of the following events: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) any Exchange Act Person becomes the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities
of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s then outstanding securities other than by virtue of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur (A)&nbsp;on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company by an investor, any affiliate thereof or any other Exchange Act Person from the Company in a transaction or series of related
transactions the primary purpose of which is to obtain financing for the Company through the issuance of equity securities or (B)&nbsp;solely because the level of Ownership held by any Exchange Act Person (the &#147;<B><I>Subject
Person</I></B>&#148;) exceeds the designated percentage threshold of the outstanding voting securities as a result of a repurchase or other acquisition of voting securities by the Company reducing the number of shares outstanding, provided that if a
Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of voting securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition, the Subject Person becomes the Owner of any additional voting securities
that, assuming the repurchase or other acquisition had not occurred, increases the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities Owned by the Subject Person over the designated percentage threshold, then a Change in Control shall be deemed to
occur; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the
Company and, immediately after the consummation of such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior thereto do not Own, directly or indirectly, either (A)&nbsp;outstanding voting securities
representing more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the combined outstanding voting power of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (B)&nbsp;more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the combined outstanding voting
power of the parent of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the stockholders of the Company approve or the Board approves a plan of complete dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, or a complete dissolution or liquidation of the Company shall otherwise occur; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) there is
consummated a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries to an Entity, more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are Owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) individuals who, on the date this Plan is adopted by the Board, are members of the Board (the &#147;<B><I>Incumbent
Board</I></B>&#148;) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; <I>provided, however</I>, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of any new Board member was approved or recommended
by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member shall, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For avoidance of doubt, the term Change in Control shall not include a sale of assets, merger or other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of
changing the domicile of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Company determines that any of the payments or benefits under
this Plan that are payable in connection with a Change in Control constitute deferred compensation under Section&nbsp;409A that may only be paid on a transaction that meets the standard of Treasury Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.409A-3(a)(5),</FONT> the foregoing definition of Change in Control shall apply only to the extent the transaction also meets the definition used for purposes of Treasury Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.409A-3(a)(5),</FONT> that is, as defined under Treasury Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.409A-3(i)(5).</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) &#147;<B><I>Committee</I></B>&#148; means a committee of one (1)&nbsp;or more members of the Board to whom authority has been delegated by
the Board in accordance with Section&nbsp;3(c). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) &#147;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&#148; means the common stock of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148; means Synopsys, Inc., a Delaware corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) &#147;<B><I>Consultant</I></B>&#148; means any person, including an advisor, who is (i)&nbsp;engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to
render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services, or (ii)&nbsp;serving as a member of the board of directors of an Affiliate and is compensated for such services. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee
for such service, shall not cause a Director to be considered a &#147;Consultant&#148; for purposes of the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)
&#147;<B><I>Continuous Service</I></B>&#148; means that the Participant&#146;s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. A change in the capacity in which the
Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate from a Consultant to Employee shall not terminate a Participant&#146;s Continuous Service. Furthermore, a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that
there is no interruption or termination of the Participant&#146;s service with the Company or an Affiliate, shall not terminate a Participant&#146;s Continuous Service. However, if the corporation for which a Participant is rendering service ceases
to qualify as an Affiliate, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, such Participant&#146;s Continuous Service shall be considered to have terminated on the date such corporation ceases to qualify as an Affiliate. A leave of absence shall
be treated as Continuous Service for purposes of vesting in an Award to such extent as may be provided in the Company&#146;s leave of absence policy or in the written terms of the Participant&#146;s leave of absence. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) &#147;<B><I>Corporate Transaction</I></B>&#148; means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of
any one or more of the following events: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as determined by the
Board in its sole discretion, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) a sale or other
disposition of at least ninety percent (90%)&nbsp;of the outstanding securities of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) the consummation of
a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) the
consummation of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted
or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the Company determines that any of the payments or benefits under this Plan
that are payable in connection with a Corporate Transaction constitute deferred compensation under Section&nbsp;409A that may only be paid on a transaction that meets the standard of Treasury Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.409A-3(a)(5),</FONT> the foregoing definition of Corporate Transaction shall apply only to the extent the transaction also meets the definition used for purposes of Treasury Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.409A-3(a)(5),</FONT> that is, as defined under Treasury Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Section&nbsp;1.409A-3(i)(5).</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n) &#147;<B><I>Covered Employee</I></B>&#148; has the meaning provided in Section&nbsp;162(m)(3) of the Code and the regulations promulgated
thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o) &#147;<B><I>Director</I></B>&#148; means a member of the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p) &#147;<B><I>Disability</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to a Participant, the inability of such Participant to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12)&nbsp;months, as
provided in Sections 22(e)(3) and 409A(a)(2)(c)(i) of the Code, and shall be determined by the Board on the basis of such medical evidence as the Board deems warranted under the circumstances. </P>
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Company&#146;s stockholders approved the Plan at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r) &#147;<B><I>Employee</I></B>&#148; means
any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, shall not cause a Director to be considered an &#147;Employee&#148; for purposes of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s) &#147;<B><I>Entity</I></B>&#148; means a corporation, partnership or other entity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t) &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148; means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u) &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act Person</I></B>&#148; means any natural person, Entity or &#147;group&#148; (within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), except that &#147;Exchange Act Person&#148; shall not include (i)&nbsp;the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii)&nbsp;any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company or any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii)&nbsp;an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities,
(iv)&nbsp;an Entity Owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of stock of the Company; or (v)&nbsp;any natural person, Entity or &#147;group&#148; (within the meaning
of Section&nbsp;13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that, as of the effective date of the Plan as set forth in Section&nbsp;12, is the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the
combined voting power of the Company&#146;s then outstanding securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) &#147;<B><I>Fair Market Value</I></B>&#148; means for
purposes of Sections 3(f), 5(b), 5(c), 6(b), 6(c), 6(d)(iv), 7(c)(ii), 7(c)(iii) and 8(d), as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on any market system, the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the
date in question, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Board deems reliable. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if there is no closing sales price (or closing bid if no sales were reported) for the Common Stock on
the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price (or closing bid if no sales were reported) on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in a manner
that complies with Sections 409A and 422 of the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w) &#147;<B><I>Incentive Stock Option</I></B>&#148; means an Option which
qualifies as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section&nbsp;422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)
&#147;<B><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Director</I></B>&#148; means a Director who either (i)&nbsp;is not a current employee or officer of the Company or an Affiliate, does not receive compensation, either directly or
indirectly, from the Company or an Affiliate for services rendered as a consultant or in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be required under Item&nbsp;404(a) of Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act (&#147;<B><I>Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT></I></B>&#148;)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction for which disclosure would be
required under Item&nbsp;404(a) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K,</FONT> and is not engaged in a business relationship for which disclosure would be required pursuant to Item&nbsp;404(b) of Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K;</FONT> or (ii)&nbsp;is otherwise considered a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-employee</FONT> director&#148; for purposes of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y) &#147;<B><I>Nonstatutory Stock Option</I></B>&#148; means an Option which does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z) &#147;<B><I>Officer</I></B>&#148; means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa) &#147;<B><I>Option</I></B>&#148; means an Incentive Stock Option or a
Nonstatutory Stock Option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb) &#147;<B><I>Option
Agreement</I></B>&#148; means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an Option grant. Each Option Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P>
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to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(dd) &#147;<B><I>Other Stock Award</I></B>&#148; means
an award based in whole or in part by reference to the Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section&nbsp;7(e). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee) &#147;<B><I>Other Stock Award Agreement</I></B>&#148; means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of an Other Stock Award
evidencing the terms and conditions of an Other Stock Award grant. Each Other Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ff) &#147;<B><I>Outside Director</I></B>&#148; means a Director who either (i)&nbsp;is not a current employee of the Company or an
&#147;affiliated corporation&#148; (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an &#147;affiliated corporation&#148; who receives compensation for prior
services (other than benefits under a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tax-qualified</FONT> retirement plan) during the taxable year, has not been an officer of the Company or an &#147;affiliated corporation,&#148; and does not receive remuneration
from the Company or an &#147;affiliated corporation,&#148; either directly or indirectly, in any capacity other than as a Director, or (ii)&nbsp;is otherwise considered an &#147;outside director&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(gg) &#147;<B><I>Own,</I></B>&#148; &#147;<B><I>Owned,</I></B>&#148; &#147;<B><I>Owner,</I></B>&#148; &#147;<B><I>Ownership</I></B>&#148;
A person or Entity shall be deemed to &#147;Own,&#148; to have &#147;Owned,&#148; to be the &#147;Owner&#148; of, or to have acquired &#147;Ownership&#148; of securities if such person or Entity, directly or indirectly, through any contract,
arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting, with respect to such securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(hh) &#147;<B><I>Participant</I></B>&#148; means a person to whom an Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other
person who holds an outstanding Award. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) &#147;<B><I>Performance Cash Award</I></B>&#148; means an award of cash granted pursuant to
the terms and conditions of Section&nbsp;7(d)(ii). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(jj) &#147;<B><I>Performance Criteria</I></B>&#148; means one or more criteria that
the Board shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goals for a Performance Period. The Performance Criteria that shall be used to establish such Performance Goals may be based on any one of, or combination of, the following:
(i)&nbsp;earnings per share; (ii)&nbsp;earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation; (iii)&nbsp;earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA); (iv)&nbsp;net earnings; (v)&nbsp;return on equity; (vi)&nbsp;return on
assets, investment, or capital employed; (vii)&nbsp;operating margin; (viii)&nbsp;gross margin; (ix)&nbsp;operating income; (x)&nbsp;net income (before or after taxes); (xi)&nbsp;net operating income; (xii)&nbsp;net operating income after tax; <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(xiii)&nbsp;pre-</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">after-tax</FONT> income; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(xiv)&nbsp;pre-tax</FONT> profit; (xv)&nbsp;operating cash flow; (xvi)&nbsp;orders (including backlog)
and revenue; (xvii)&nbsp;orders quality metrics (to the extent consistent with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, if deductibility is desired); (xviii)&nbsp;increases in revenue or product revenue; (xix)&nbsp;expenses and cost reduction goals;
(xx)&nbsp;improvement in or attainment of expense levels; (xxi)&nbsp;improvement in or attainment of working capital levels; (xxii)&nbsp;market share; (xxiii)&nbsp;cash flow; (xxiv)&nbsp;cash flow per share; (xxv)&nbsp;share price performance;
(xxvi)&nbsp;debt reduction; (xxvii)&nbsp;implementation or completion of projects or processes (to the extent consistent with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, if deductibility is desired); (xxviii)&nbsp;customer satisfaction (to the extent
consistent with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, if deductibility is desired); (xxix)&nbsp;stockholders&#146; equity; (xxx)&nbsp;quality measures (to the extent consistent with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, if deductibility is desired); <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(xxxi)&nbsp;&#147;Non-GAAP</FONT> Net Income&#148; (meaning net income excluding (1)&nbsp;the amortization of acquired intangible assets; (2)&nbsp;the impact of stock-based compensation expense;
(3)&nbsp;acquisition-related costs; (4)&nbsp;other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-recurring</FONT> significant items, such as the effect of tax or legal settlements with the Internal Revenue Service and restructuring charges; and (5)&nbsp;the
income tax effect of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-tax</FONT> adjustments from the provision for income taxes); and (xxxii)&nbsp;to the extent that an Award is not intended to comply with
Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, any other measures of performance selected by the Board. Partial achievement of the specified criteria may result in the payment or vesting corresponding to the degree of achievement as specified in the Stock Award
Agreement or the written terms of a Performance Cash Award. The Board shall, in its sole discretion, define the manner of calculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(kk) &#147;<B><I>Performance Goals</I></B>&#148; means, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Board for the
Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria. Performance Goals may be set on a Company-wide basis, with respect to one or more business units, divisions, Affiliates, or business segments, and in either absolute terms or relative to
internally generated business plans, approved by the Board, the performance of one or more comparable companies or the performance of one or more relevant indices. To the extent consistent with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder, the Board is authorized to </P>
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make adjustments in the method of calculating the attainment of Performance Goals for a Performance Period as follows: (i)&nbsp;to exclude restructuring and/or other nonrecurring charges
(including but not limited to the effect of tax or legal settlements); (ii)&nbsp;to exclude exchange rate effects, as applicable, for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> dollar denominated net sales and operating earnings; (iii)&nbsp;to
exclude the effects of changes to generally accepted accounting standards required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board; (iv)&nbsp;to exclude the effects of any statutory adjustments to corporate tax rates; (v)&nbsp;to exclude stock-based
compensation expense determined under generally accepted accounting principles; (vi)&nbsp;to exclude any other unusual or infrequently occurring item; (vii)&nbsp;to respond to, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinary corporate item,
transaction, event or development; (viii)&nbsp;to respond to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions; (ix)&nbsp;to exclude the dilutive effects of acquisitions or joint ventures;
(x)&nbsp;to assume that any business divested by the Company achieved performance objectives at targeted levels during the balance of a Performance Period following such divestiture; (xi)&nbsp;to exclude the effect of any change in the outstanding
shares of common stock of the Company by reason of any stock dividend or split, stock repurchase, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">spin-off,</FONT> combination or exchange of shares or other
similar corporate change, or any distributions to common shareholders other than regular cash dividends; (xii)&nbsp;to reflect a corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, separation (including a spinoff or other distribution of stock
or property by a corporation), or reorganization (whether or not such reorganization comes within the definition of such term in Section&nbsp;368 of the Code); (xiii)&nbsp;to reflect any partial or complete corporate liquidation; (xiv)&nbsp;to
exclude the effect of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">in-process</FONT> research and development expenses; and (xv)&nbsp;to exclude the income tax effect of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-GAAP</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-tax</FONT> adjustments from the provision for income taxes. The Board also retains the discretion to reduce or eliminate the compensation or economic benefit due upon attainment of Performance Goals (to the
extent consistent with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, if deductibility is desired). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ll) &#147;<B><I>Performance Period</I></B>&#148;
means the one or more periods of time, which may be of varying and overlapping durations, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant&#146;s
right to and the payment of a Performance Stock Award or a Performance Cash Award. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm) &#147;<B><I>Performance Stock Award</I></B>&#148;
means either a Restricted Stock Award or a Restricted Stock Unit Award granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section&nbsp;7(d)(i). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(nn) &#147;<B><I>Plan</I></B>&#148; means this Synopsys, Inc. 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(oo) &#147;<B><I>Prior Plans</I></B>&#148; means the Company&#146;s 1992 Stock Option Plan, 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, and 2005
Assumed Stock Option Plan as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(pp) &#147;<B><I>Restricted Stock Award</I></B>&#148;
means an award of shares of Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section&nbsp;7(a). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(qq)
&#147;<B><I>Restricted Stock Award Agreement</I></B>&#148; means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Restricted Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award grant. Each Restricted Stock Award
Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(rr) &#147;<B><I>Restricted Stock Unit Award</I></B>&#148; means a
right to receive shares of Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section&nbsp;7(b). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ss)
&#147;<B><I>Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement</I></B>&#148; means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Restricted Stock Unit Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Unit Award grant. Each Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(tt) &#147;<B><I>Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3</FONT></I></B>&#148; means Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3</FONT> promulgated under the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3,</FONT> as in effect from time to
time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(uu) &#147;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&#148; means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vv) &#147;<B><I>Stock Appreciation Right</I></B>&#148; means a right to receive the appreciation on Common Stock that is granted pursuant to
the terms and conditions of Section&nbsp;7(c). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ww) &#147;<B><I>Stock Appreciation Right Agreement</I></B>&#148; means a written
agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Appreciation Right evidencing the terms and conditions of a Stock Appreciation Right grant. Each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P>
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Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit Award, a Performance Stock Award, or an Other Stock Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(yy) &#147;<B><I>Stock Award Agreement</I></B>&#148; means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the terms and
conditions of a Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(zz)
&#147;<B><I>Subsidiary</I></B>&#148; means, with respect to the Company, (i)&nbsp;any corporation of which more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, Owned by
the Company, and (ii)&nbsp;any partnership in which the Company has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent (50%). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aaa) &#147;<B><I>Ten Percent Stockholder</I></B>&#148; means a person who Owns (or is deemed to Own pursuant to Section&nbsp;424(d) of the
Code) stock possessing more than ten percent (10%)&nbsp;of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Affiliate. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>ADMINISTRATION. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Administration by Board.</B> The Board shall administer the Plan
unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee, as provided in Section&nbsp;3(c). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Powers of
Board.</B> The Board shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To construe and interpret the Plan and Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations
for administration of the Plan and Awards. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement or in the written terms of a Performance Cash Award, in a manner and
to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) To determine from time to time
(1)&nbsp;which of the persons eligible under the Plan shall be granted Awards; (2)&nbsp;when and how each Award shall be granted; (3)&nbsp;what type or combination of types of Award shall be granted; (4)&nbsp;the provisions of each Award granted
(which need not be identical), including the time or times when a person shall be permitted to receive cash or Common Stock pursuant to an Award; and (5)&nbsp;the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which a Stock Award shall be granted
to each such person. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) To accelerate the time at which an Award may be exercised or the time during which an Award or
any part thereof will vest in accordance with the Plan, notwithstanding the provisions in the Award stating the time at which it may be exercised or the time during which it will vest. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) To approve forms of award agreements for use under the Plan and to amend the terms of any one or more outstanding Awards.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) To amend the Plan or an Award as provided in Section&nbsp;10. Subject to the limitations of applicable law, if any,
the Board may amend the terms of any one or more Awards without the affected Participant&#146;s consent if necessary to maintain the qualified status of the Award as an Incentive Stock Option, to clarify the manner of exemption from, or to bring the
Award into compliance with, Section&nbsp;409A of the Code or to comply with other applicable laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) To terminate or
suspend the Plan as provided in Section&nbsp;11. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the
Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) To adopt such procedures and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-plans</FONT> as are necessary or appropriate to permit
participation in the Plan by individuals who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>General.</B> The Board may delegate some or all of the administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees. If
administration is delegated to a Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board that have been delegated to the Committee, including the power to delegate to a
subcommittee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board or the Committee (as applicable). The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee and may, at any time,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-vest</FONT> in the Board some or all of the powers previously delegated. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)
<B>Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;162(m) and Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3</FONT> Compliance.</B> In the sole discretion of the Board, the Committee may consist solely of two or more Outside Directors, in accordance with
Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, and/or solely of two or more <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors, in accordance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3.</FONT> In addition, the Board or the Committee, in its sole
discretion, may (1)&nbsp;delegate to a committee of one or more members of the Board who need not be Outside Directors the authority to grant Awards to eligible persons who are either (a)&nbsp;not then Covered Employees and are not expected to be
Covered Employees at the time of recognition of income resulting from such Award, or (b)&nbsp;not persons with respect to whom the Company wishes to comply with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code, and/or (2)&nbsp;delegate to a committee of one or more
members of the Board who need not be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT> Directors the authority to grant Stock Awards to eligible persons who are not then subject to Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Delegation to an Officer.</B> The Board may delegate to one or more Officers of the Company the authority to do one or both of the
following (i)&nbsp;designate Employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be recipients of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, other Stock Awards and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, the terms thereof, and (ii)&nbsp;determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to such Stock Awards granted to such Employees; <I>provided, however</I>, that the Board resolutions regarding such delegation shall specify the total
number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to the Options granted by such Officer. Any such Stock Awards granted by Officers will be granted on the form of Stock Award Agreement most recently approved for use by the Committee or the Board,
unless otherwise provided in the resolutions approving the delegation authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section&nbsp;3(d), the Board may not delegate to an Officer authority to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock pursuant to Section&nbsp;2(v)(ii) above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <B>Effect of Board&#146;s Decision.</B> All determinations, interpretations and
constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject to review by any person and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all persons. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <B>Repricing</B><B>; Cancellation and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Re-Grant</FONT> of Stock Awards.</B> Neither the Board nor any
Committee shall have the authority to: (i)&nbsp;reprice any outstanding Stock Awards under the Plan, (ii)&nbsp;provide for the exchange of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right for cash when the exercise price or strike price of such Option or Stock
Appreciation Right, respectively, is greater than or equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock or (iii)&nbsp;cancel and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-grant</FONT> any outstanding Stock Awards under the Plan in a manner that
would constitute a repricing of such Stock Awards under applicable accounting rules, in each case unless the stockholders of the Company have approved such an action within twelve (12)&nbsp;months prior to such an event<STRIKE>,</STRIKE>;
<I>provided, however</I>, that this provision shall not prevent cancellations of Stock Awards upon expiration or termination of such Stock Awards and the return of the underlying shares of Common Stock to the Plan for future issuance pursuant to
Section&nbsp;4(b) hereof. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Share Reserve.</B> Subject to the provisions of
Section&nbsp;9(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards granted under this Plan shall not exceed Eighty-Eight Million Five Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred
Forty-Eight (88,597,248) shares of Common Stock in the aggregate. Subject to Section&nbsp;4(b), the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced by: (i)&nbsp;one (1)&nbsp;share for each share of stock issued pursuant to
(A)&nbsp;an Option granted under Section&nbsp;6, or (B)&nbsp;a Stock Appreciation Right granted under Section&nbsp;7(c), and (ii)&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;one and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">thirty-six</FONT> hundredths (1.36)&nbsp;shares for each share
of Common Stock issued prior to February&nbsp;27, 2009 pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, or Other Stock Award granted under Section&nbsp;7, (B)&nbsp;two and eighteen hundredths (2.18)&nbsp;shares for each share of
Common Stock issued on or after February&nbsp;27, 2009 pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, or Other Stock Award granted under </P>
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Section&nbsp;7, (C)&nbsp;one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25)&nbsp;shares for each share of Common Stock issued on or after March&nbsp;24, 2011 pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted
Stock Unit Award, or Other Stock Award granted under Section&nbsp;7, (D)&nbsp;one and five tenths (1.50)&nbsp;shares for each share of Common Stock issued on or after April&nbsp;3, 2012 pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit
Award, or Other Stock Award granted under Section&nbsp;7, (E)&nbsp;one and six tenths (1.60)&nbsp;shares for each share of Common Stock issued on or after April&nbsp;2, 2015 pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, or Other
Stock Award granted under Section&nbsp;7, and (F)&nbsp;one and seven tenths (1.70)&nbsp;shares for each share of Common Stock issued on or after March&nbsp;29, 2016 pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, or Other Stock
Award granted under Section&nbsp;7. Shares may be issued in connection with a merger or acquisition as permitted by NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c) or, if applicable, NYSE Listed Company Manual Section&nbsp;303A.08, or other applicable rule, and such
issuance shall not reduce the number of shares available for issuance under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Reversion of Shares to the Share
Reserve.</B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Shares Available For Subsequent Issuance.</B> If any (i)&nbsp;Stock Award shall for any reason expire
or otherwise terminate, in whole or in part, without having been exercised in full, (ii)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock issued to a Participant pursuant to a Stock Award are forfeited to or repurchased by the Company at their original exercise or
purchase price (if any) pursuant to the Company&#146;s reacquisition or repurchase rights under the Plan, including any forfeiture or repurchase caused by the failure to meet a contingency or condition required for the vesting of such shares, or
(iii)&nbsp;Stock Award is settled in cash, then the shares of Common Stock not issued under such Stock Award, or forfeited to or repurchased by the Company, shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. To the extent there
is issued a share of Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award that counted as either (A)&nbsp;one and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">thirty-six</FONT> hundredths (1.36)&nbsp;shares, (B)&nbsp;two and eighteen hundredths (2.18)&nbsp;shares,
(C)&nbsp;one and twenty-five hundredths (1.25)&nbsp;shares, (D)&nbsp;one and five tenths (1.50)&nbsp;shares, (E)&nbsp;one and six tenths (1.60)&nbsp;shares, or (F)&nbsp;one and seven tenths (1.70)&nbsp;shares, as applicable, against the number of
shares available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(a) and such share of Common Stock again becomes available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4(b)(i) on or after March&nbsp;29, 2016, then the number of
shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall increase by one and seven tenths (1.70) shares (regardless of when such share was issued). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <B>Shares Not Available for Subsequent Issuance.</B> If any shares subject to a Stock Award are not delivered to a
Participant because the Stock Award is exercised through a reduction of shares subject to the Stock Award (<I>i.e.</I>, &#147;net exercised&#148;) or an appreciation distribution in respect of a Stock Appreciation Right is paid in shares of Common
Stock, the number of shares subject to the Stock Award that are not delivered to the Participant shall be deemed issued and then immediately reacquired by the Company, and therefore shall <B><I>not</I></B> remain available for subsequent issuance
under the Plan. If any shares subject to a Stock Award are not delivered to a Participant because such shares are withheld in satisfaction of the withholding of taxes incurred in connection with the exercise of, or the issuance of shares under, a
Stock Award, the number of shares that are not delivered to the Participant shall be deemed issued and then immediately reacquired by the Company, and therefore shall <B><I>not</I></B> remain available for subsequent issuance under the Plan. If the
exercise price of any Stock Award is satisfied by tendering shares of Common Stock held by the Participant (either by actual delivery or attestation), then the number of shares so tendered shall <B><I>not</I></B> become available for subsequent
issuance under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B>Incentive Stock Option Limit.</B> Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section&nbsp;4,
subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;9(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall be Eighty-Eight Million Five
Hundred Ninety-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Eight (88,597,248)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Source of Shares.</B> The stock
issuable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Company on the open market or otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>ELIGIBILITY. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Eligibility for Specific Stock Awards.</B> Incentive Stock Options
may be granted only to Employees. Stock Awards other than Incentive Stock Options may be granted to Employees and Consultants; <I>provided, however</I>, that Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may not be granted to Employees
and Consultants who are providing Continuous Services only to any &#147;parent&#148; of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, unless such Stock Awards comply with (or are exempt from)
Section&nbsp;409A of the Code or unless the stock underlying such Stock Awards is otherwise determined to be &#147;service recipient stock&#148; under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. Stock Awards under this Plan may not be granted to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> Directors. </P>
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be granted an Incentive Stock Option unless the exercise price of such Option is at least one hundred ten percent (110%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant and the Option has a term of no more than five
(5)&nbsp;years from the date of grant and is not exercisable after the expiration of five (5)&nbsp;years from the date of grant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)
<B>Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;162(m) Limitation on Annual Awards.</B> Subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;9(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, no Employee shall be eligible to be granted Stock Awards whose value is determined by
reference to an increase over an exercise or strike price of at least one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the Stock Award is granted covering more than one million (1,000,000)&nbsp;shares of
Common Stock during any calendar year. For limitations on the annual award size of Performance Stock Awards and Performance Cash Awards, see Section 7(d) below. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>OPTION PROVISIONS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Option shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. All Options shall be separately designated Incentive Stock Options or Nonstatutory Stock Options at the time of grant, and, if certificates are issued, a separate certificate or certificates shall be
issued for shares of Common Stock purchased on exercise of each type of Option. The provisions of separate Options need not be identical; <I>provided, however</I>, that each Option Agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof
by reference in the Option or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Term.</B> No Option shall be
exercisable after the expiration of seven (7)&nbsp;years from the date of grant, or such shorter period specified in the Option Agreement; <I>provided, however</I>, that an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Stockholder shall be subject
to the provisions of Section&nbsp;5(b). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Exercise Price of an Incentive Stock Option.</B> Subject to the provisions of
Section&nbsp;5(b) regarding Ten Percent Stockholders, the exercise price of each Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option
is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Incentive Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in
a manner consistent with the provisions of Sections 409A and 424(a) of the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B>Exercise Price of a Nonstatutory Stock
Option.</B> The exercise price of each Nonstatutory Stock Option shall be not less than one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Nonstatutory Stock Option may be granted with an exercise price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Option is granted pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another option in a manner consistent with the
provisions of Sections 409A and 424(a) of the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Consideration.</B> The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the
exercise of an Option shall be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable law and as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, by any combination of the methods of payment set forth below. The Board shall have the authority to grant Options
that do not permit all of the following methods of payment (or otherwise restrict the ability to use certain methods) and to grant Options that require the consent of the Company to utilize a particular method of payment. The methods of payment
permitted by this Section&nbsp;6(d) are: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) by cash, check or electronic transfer of cash or cash equivalents; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance
of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) by delivery to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) by a &#147;net exercise&#148; arrangement, if the option is a Nonstatutory Stock Option, pursuant to which the Company
will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise by the </P>
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largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; <I>provided, however</I>, the Company shall accept a cash or other payment from the
Participant to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued; <I>provided, however</I>, that shares of Common Stock will no longer be outstanding under
an Option and will not be exercisable thereafter to the extent that (x)&nbsp;shares are used to pay the exercise price pursuant to the &#147;net exercise,&#148; (y)&nbsp;shares are delivered to the Participant as a result of such exercise, and
(z)&nbsp;shares are withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) in any other form of legal consideration that
may be acceptable to the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <B>Transferability of Options.</B> The Board may, in its sole discretion, impose such limitations on
the transferability of Options as the Board shall determine. In the absence of such a determination by the Board to the contrary, the following restrictions on the transferability of Options shall apply: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Restrictions on Transfer.</B> An Option shall not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution and shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the Optionholder only by the Optionholder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <B>Domestic
Relations Orders.</B> Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option may be transferred pursuant to a domestic relations order; <I>provided, however</I>, that if an Option is an Incentive Stock Option, such Option may be deemed to be a Nonstatutory Stock
Option as a result of such transfer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <B>Beneficiary Designation.</B> Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Optionholder
may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form provided by or otherwise satisfactory to the Company and any broker designated by the Company to effect Option exercises, designate a third party who, in the event of the death of the
Optionholder, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option. In the absence of such a designation, the executor or administrator of the Optionholder&#146;s estate shall be entitled to exercise the Option. However, the Company may prohibit
designation of a beneficiary at any time, including due to any conclusion by the Company that such designation would be inconsistent with the provisions of applicable laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <B>Vesting of Options Generally.</B> The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option may vest and therefore become
exercisable in periodic installments that may or may not be equal. The Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may or may not be exercised (which may be based on performance or other criteria) as the
Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may vary. The provisions of this Section&nbsp;6(f) are subject to any Option provisions governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option may be
exercised. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <B>Termination of Continuous Service.</B> In the event that an Optionholder&#146;s Continuous Service terminates (other
than for Cause or upon the Optionholder&#146;s death or Disability), the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination of Continuous Service) but
only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the date three (3)&nbsp;months following the termination of the Optionholder&#146;s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or
(ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein or in the Option Agreement
(as applicable), the Option shall terminate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <B>Extension of Termination Date.</B> An Optionholder&#146;s Option Agreement may
provide that if the exercise of the Option following the termination of the Optionholder&#146;s Continuous Service (other than upon the Optionholder&#146;s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of
Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the expiration of a period of three (3)&nbsp;months after the termination of the Optionholder&#146;s
Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement) during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements, or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of the Option as set
forth in the Option Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Disability of </B><B>Optionholder</B><B>.</B> In the event that an Optionholder&#146;s Continuous
Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder&#146;s Disability, the Optionholder may exercise his or her Option (to the extent that the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of termination of Continuous Service), but
only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the date twelve (12)&nbsp;months following such termination of Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of
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the term of the Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Optionholder does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein or
in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) <B>Death of Optionholder.</B> In the event that (i)&nbsp;an
Optionholder&#146;s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Optionholder&#146;s death, or (ii)&nbsp;the Optionholder dies within the period (if any) specified in the Option Agreement after the termination of the Optionholder&#146;s
Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option may be exercised (to the extent the Optionholder was entitled to exercise such Option as of the date of death) by the Optionholder&#146;s estate, by a person who acquired the right to
exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the option upon the Optionholder&#146;s death, but only within the period ending on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the date twelve (12)&nbsp;months following the date of
death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Option Agreement), or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement. If, after the Optionholder&#146;s death, the Option is not exercised within the
time specified herein or in the Option Agreement (as applicable), the Option shall terminate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <B>Termination for Cause.</B> In the
event that an Optionholder&#146;s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Option shall terminate immediately and cease to remain outstanding and the Option shall cease to be exercisable with respect to any shares of Common Stock (whether
vested or unvested) at the time of such termination. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Restricted Stock Awards.</B> Each
Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. To the extent consistent with the Company&#146;s Bylaws, at the Board&#146;s election, shares of Common Stock may
be (i)&nbsp;held in book entry form subject to the Company&#146;s instructions until any restrictions relating to the Restricted Stock Award lapse; or (ii)&nbsp;evidenced by a certificate, which certificate shall be held in such form and manner as
determined by the Board. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Award Agreements need not be identical; <I>provided, however</I>, that
each Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Consideration.</B> A Restricted Stock Award may be awarded in consideration for (i)&nbsp;past or future services
rendered to the Company or an Affiliate, or (ii)&nbsp;any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board, in its sole discretion, and permissible under applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <B>Vesting.</B> Shares of Common Stock awarded under a Restricted Stock Award Agreement may be subject to forfeiture to
the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <B>Termination of
Participant&#146;s Continuous Service.</B> In the event a Participant&#146;s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may receive via a forfeiture condition or repurchase right any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant which
have not vested as of the date of termination of Continuous Service under the terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) <B>Transferability.</B> Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Restricted Stock Award Agreement shall be
transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, as the Board shall determine in its sole discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Award
Agreement remains subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Restricted Stock Unit Awards.</B> Each Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and
conditions of separate Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements need not be identical; <I>provided, however</I>, that each Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement shall include (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the
agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Consideration.</B> A Restricted Stock
Unit Award may be awarded in consideration for (i)&nbsp;past or future services rendered to the Company or an Affiliate, or (ii)&nbsp;any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board, in its sole discretion, and permissible
under applicable law. </P>
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the Board may impose such restrictions on or conditions to the vesting of the Restricted Stock Unit Award as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <B>Payment.</B> A Restricted Stock Unit Award may be settled by the delivery of shares of Common Stock, their cash
equivalent, any combination thereof or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board and contained in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) <B>Termination of Participant&#146;s Continuous Service.</B> Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement, such portion of the Restricted Stock Unit Award that has not vested will be forfeited upon the Participant&#146;s termination of Continuous Service. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B>Stock Appreciation Rights.</B> Each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. The terms and conditions of Stock Appreciation Right Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Stock Appreciation Right Agreements need not be identical;
<I>provided, however</I>, that each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall include (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Term.</B> No Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable after the expiration of seven (7)&nbsp;years from the date of
grant, or such shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <B>Strike Price.</B> Each Stock
Appreciation Right will be denominated in shares of Common Stock equivalents. The strike price of each Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock equivalents subject
to the Stock Appreciation Right on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Stock Appreciation Right may be granted with a strike price lower than that set forth in the preceding sentence if such Stock Appreciation Right is granted
pursuant to an assumption or substitution for another stock appreciation right in a manner consistent with the provisions of Sections 409A and 424(a) of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <B>Calculation of Appreciation.</B> The appreciation distribution payable on the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right
will be not greater than an amount equal to the excess of (i)&nbsp;the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the date of the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right) of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of share of Common Stock
equivalents in which the Participant is vested under such Stock Appreciation Right, and with respect to which the Participant is exercising the Stock Appreciation Right on such date, over (ii)&nbsp;the strike price that is determined by the Board on
the date of grant of the Stock Appreciation Right. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) <B>Vesting.</B> At the time of the grant of a Stock Appreciation
Right, the Board may impose such restrictions or conditions to the vesting of such Stock Appreciation Right as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) <B>Exercise.</B> To exercise any outstanding Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant must provide written notice of
exercise to the Company in compliance with the provisions of the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such Stock Appreciation Right. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi) <B>Payment.</B> The appreciation distribution in respect of a Stock Appreciation Right may be paid in Common Stock, in
cash, in any combination of the two or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board and set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such Stock Appreciation Right. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii) <B>Termination of Continuous Service.</B> In the event that a Participant&#146;s Continuous Service terminates (other
than for Cause or upon the Participant&#146;s death or Disability), the Participant may exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise such Stock Appreciation Right as of the date of
termination of Continuous Service) but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the date three (3)&nbsp;months following the termination of the Participant&#146;s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period
specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement), or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Participant does
not exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right within the time specified herein or in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (as applicable), the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii) <B>Extension of Termination Date.</B> A Participant&#146;s Stock Appreciation Right Agreement may provide that if the
exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right following the termination of the Participant&#146;s </P>
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Continuous Service (other than upon the Participant&#146;s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the
registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the expiration of a period of three (3)&nbsp;months after the termination of the Participant&#146;s Continuous Service
(or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement) during which the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right would not be in violation of such registration requirements, or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of
the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ix) <B>Disability of
Participant.</B> In the event that a Participant&#146;s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Participant&#146;s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right (to the extent that the Participant was entitled
to exercise such Stock Appreciation Right as of the date of termination of Continuous Service), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the date twelve (12)&nbsp;months following such termination of Continuous Service
(or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement), or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of the Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. If, after termination of
Continuous Service, the Participant does not exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right within the time specified herein or in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (as applicable), the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x) <B>Death of Participant.</B> In the event that (i)&nbsp;a Participant&#146;s Continuous Service terminates as a result of
the Participant&#146;s death, or (ii)&nbsp;the Participant dies within the period (if any) specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement after the termination of the Participant&#146;s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the
Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised (to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise such Stock Appreciation Right as of the date of death) by the Participant&#146;s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Stock
Appreciation Right by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the Stock Appreciation Right upon the Participant&#146;s death, but only within the period ending on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the date twelve (12)&nbsp;months
following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement), or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the term of such Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. If,
after the Participant&#146;s death, the Stock Appreciation Right is not exercised within the time specified herein or in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement (as applicable), the Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xi) <B>Termination for Cause.</B> In the event that a Participant&#146;s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Stock
Appreciation Right shall terminate immediately and cease to remain outstanding and the Stock Appreciation Right shall cease to be exercisable with respect to any shares of Common Stock (whether vested or unvested) at the time of such termination.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Performance Awards.</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Performance Stock Awards.</B> A Performance Stock Award is either a Restricted Stock Award or Restricted Stock Unit
Award that may be granted, may vest, or may be exercised based upon the attainment during a Performance Period of one or more Performance Goals. A Performance Stock Award may, but need not, require the completion of a specified period of Continuous
Service. The length of any Performance Period, the Performance Goals to be achieved during the Performance Period, and the measure of whether and to what degree such Performance Goals have been attained shall be conclusively determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion. The maximum benefit to be granted to any Participant in any calendar year attributable to Performance Stock Awards described in this Section&nbsp;7(d)(i) shall not exceed one million (1,000,000)&nbsp;shares of
Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <B>Performance Cash Awards.</B> A Performance Cash Award is a cash award that may be granted or paid
upon the attainment during a Performance Period of one or more Performance Goals. A Performance Cash Award may also require the completion of a specified period of Continuous Service. The length of any Performance Period, the Performance Goals to be
achieved during the Performance Period, and the measure of whether and to what degree such Performance Goals have been attained shall be conclusively determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The maximum benefit to be granted to any
Participant in any calendar year attributable to Performance Cash Awards described in this Section&nbsp;7(d)(ii) shall not exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000). </P>
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reference to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock may be granted either alone or in addition to Stock Awards provided for under Section&nbsp;6 and the preceding provisions of this Section&nbsp;7. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board
shall have sole and complete authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Other Stock Awards will be granted, the number of shares of Common Stock (or the cash equivalent thereof) to be granted pursuant to such
Other Stock Awards and all other terms and conditions of such Other Stock Awards. No Other Stock Award may have a term in excess of seven (7)&nbsp;years from the date of grant. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>MISCELLANEOUS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Use of Proceeds.</B> Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Stockholder Rights.</B> No Participant shall be
deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of, or the issuance of shares
under, the Stock Award pursuant to its terms and the issuance of the Common Stock has been entered into the books and records of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B>No Employment or Other Service Rights.</B> Nothing in the Plan, any Stock Award Agreement or other instrument executed thereunder or in
connection with any Award granted pursuant thereto shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Award was granted or shall affect the right of the Company or
an Affiliate to terminate (i)&nbsp;the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii)&nbsp;the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant&#146;s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, or
(iii)&nbsp;the service of a Director pursuant to the Bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Incentive Stock Option $100,000 Limitation.</B> To the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of
Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionholder during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Affiliates) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), the
Options or portions thereof that exceed such limit (according to the order in which they were granted) shall be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options, notwithstanding any contrary provision of the applicable Option Agreement(s). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) <B>Investment Assurances.</B> The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any
Stock Award, (i)&nbsp;to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant&#146;s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company
who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that he or she is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award; and (ii)&nbsp;to give
written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant&#146;s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the
Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, shall be inoperative if (i)&nbsp;the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Stock Award has been registered
under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (ii)&nbsp;as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the
then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws,
including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f) <B>Securities Law Compliance.</B> The Company
shall seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; <I>provided,
however</I>, that this undertaking shall not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts, the Company is
unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company shall be relieved from
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any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained. A Participant shall not be eligible for the grant of a
Stock Award or the subsequent issuance of Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Award if such grant or issuance would be in violation of any applicable securities laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) <B>Withholding Obligations.</B> Unless prohibited by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement or the written terms of a Performance Cash
Award, the Company may, in its sole discretion, satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to an Award by any of the following means (in addition to the Company&#146;s right to withhold from any compensation paid to the
Participant by the Company) or by a combination of such means: (i)&nbsp;causing the Participant to tender a cash payment; (ii)&nbsp;withholding shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock issued or otherwise issuable to the Participant in
connection with a Stock Award; <I>provided, however</I>, that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the amount of tax required to be withheld by law (or such other amount as may be necessary to avoid classification of the
Stock Award as a liability for financial accounting purposes); (iii)&nbsp;withholding cash from an Award settled in cash; (iv)&nbsp;withholding payment from any amounts otherwise payable to the Participant; or (v)&nbsp;by such other method as may be
set forth in the Award agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h) <B>Electronic Delivery.</B> Any reference herein to a &#147;written&#148; agreement or document
shall include any agreement or document delivered electronically, filed publicly at www.sec.gov (or any successor website thereto) or posted on the Company&#146;s intranet. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Deferrals.</B> To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine that the delivery of Common
Stock or the payment of cash, upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of all or a portion of any Award may be deferred and may establish programs and procedures for deferral elections to be made by Participants. Deferrals by Participants will be
made in accordance with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, to the extent that Section 409A of the Code applies to such Participant. Consistent with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, the Board may provide for distributions while a Participant is still an
employee or otherwise providing services to the Company. The Board is authorized to make deferrals of Awards and determine when, and in what percentages, Participants may receive payments, including <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">lump-sum</FONT>
payments, following the Participant&#146;s separation from service or other permitted distribution event, and implement such other terms and conditions consistent with the provisions of the Plan and in accordance with applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j) <B>Compliance with Section</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;409A.</B> Unless otherwise expressly provided for in a Stock Award Agreement or the written
terms of a Performance Cash Award, the Plan and Award agreements will be interpreted to the greatest extent possible in a manner that makes the Plan and the Awards granted hereunder exempt from Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, and, to the extent not
so exempt, in compliance with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. If the Board determines that any Award granted hereunder is not exempt from and is therefore subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, the agreement evidencing such Award shall incorporate
the terms and conditions necessary to avoid the consequences specified in Section&nbsp;409A(a)(1) of the Code, and to the extent an Award agreement is silent on terms necessary for compliance, such terms are hereby incorporated by reference into
such Award agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan (and unless the Award agreement specifically provides otherwise), if the shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock are publicly traded and if a Participant holding an Award
that constitutes &#147;deferred compensation&#148; under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code is a &#147;specified employee&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, no distribution or payment of any amount that is due because of a
&#147;separation from service&#148; (as defined in Section&nbsp;409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) will be issued or paid before the date that is six (6)&nbsp;months following the date of such Participant&#146;s
&#147;separation from service&#148; or, if earlier, the date of the Participant&#146;s death, unless such distribution or payment can be made in a manner that complies with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, and any amounts so deferred will be paid in a
lump sum on the day after such six (6)&nbsp;month period elapses, with the balance paid thereafter on the original schedule. Each installment of an Award that vests under the Plan is intended to be a &#147;separate payment&#148; for purposes of
Treasury Regulations Section <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1.409A-2(b)(2),</FONT> unless otherwise expressly set forth in the written Award agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k) <B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Exempt</FONT> Employees.</B> No Stock Award granted to an Employee who is a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exempt</FONT> employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, shall be first exercisable for any shares of Common Stock until at least six (6)&nbsp;months following the date of grant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, consistent with the provisions of the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, (i)&nbsp;in the event of the Participant&#146;s death or Disability, (ii)&nbsp;upon a Corporate Transaction in which such Stock Award is not
assumed, continued, or substituted, (iii)&nbsp;upon </P>
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a Change in Control, or (iv)&nbsp;upon the Participant&#146;s retirement (as such term may be defined in the Participant&#146;s Stock Award agreement or in another applicable agreement or in
accordance with the Company&#146;s then current employment policies and guidelines), any vested Stock Awards may be exercised earlier than six (6)&nbsp;months following the date of grant. The foregoing provision is intended to operate so that any
income derived by a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exempt</FONT> employee in connection with the exercise or vesting of a Stock Award will be exempt from his or her regular rate of pay. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l) <B>No Obligation to Notify or Minimize Taxes.</B> The Company shall have no duty or obligation to any Participant to advise such holder as
to the time or manner of exercising such Stock Award. Furthermore, the Company shall have no duty or obligation to warn or otherwise advise such holder of a pending termination or expiration of a Stock Award or a possible period in which the Stock
Award may not be exercised. The Company has no duty or obligation to minimize the tax consequences of a Stock Award to the holder of such Stock Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m) <B>Corporate Action Constituting Grant of Stock Awards.</B> Corporate action constituting a grant by the Company of a Stock Award to any
Participant shall be deemed completed as of the date of such corporate action, unless otherwise determined by the Board, regardless of when the instrument, certificate, or letter evidencing the Stock Award is communicated to, or actually received or
accepted by, the Participant. In the event that the corporate records (e.g., Board consents, resolutions or minutes) documenting the corporate action constituting the grant contain terms (e.g., exercise price, vesting schedule or number of shares)
that are inconsistent with those in the Stock Award Agreement or the written terms of a Performance Cash Award as a result of a clerical error in the papering of the Award agreement, the corporate records will control. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK; CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Capitalization
Adjustments.</B> If any change is made in, or other events occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Stock Award during the term of the Plan without the receipt of consideration by the Company (through merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or other transaction
not involving the receipt of consideration by the Company (each a &#147;<B><I>Capitalization Adjustment</I></B>&#148;)), the Board shall appropriately and proportionately adjust: (i)&nbsp;the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the
Plan pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(a), (ii)&nbsp;the class(es) and maximum number of securities that may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Incentive Stock Options pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(c), (iii)&nbsp;the class(es) and maximum number of
securities that may be awarded to any person pursuant to Sections 5(c) and 7(d)(i), and (iv)&nbsp;the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of stock subject to outstanding Stock Awards. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its
determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. The conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a transaction &#147;without receipt of consideration&#148; by the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Dissolution or Liquidation.</B> In the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all outstanding Stock Awards (other than
Stock Awards consisting of vested and outstanding shares of Common Stock not subject to a forfeiture condition or the Company&#146;s right of repurchase) shall terminate immediately prior to the completion of such dissolution or liquidation, and the
shares of Common Stock subject to the Company&#146;s repurchase option or subject to the forfeiture condition may be repurchased or reacquired by the Company notwithstanding the fact that the holder of such Stock Award is providing Continuous
Service, <I>provided, however</I>, that the Board may, in its sole discretion, cause some or all Stock Awards to become fully vested, exercisable and/or no longer subject to repurchase or forfeiture (to the extent such Stock Awards have not
previously expired or terminated) before the dissolution or liquidation is completed but contingent on its completion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B>Corporate
Transaction.</B> The following provisions shall apply to Stock Awards in the event of a Corporate Transaction unless otherwise provided in a written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the holder of the Stock Award or unless otherwise
expressly provided by the Board or Committee at the time of grant of a Stock Award: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) <B>Stock Awards May Be
Assumed.</B> In the event of a Corporate Transaction, any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation&#146;s parent company) may assume or continue any or all Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan or
may substitute similar stock awards for Stock Awards outstanding under the Plan (including, but not limited to, awards to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the Corporate Transaction), and any
reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company in respect of Common Stock issued pursuant </P>
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to Stock Awards may be assigned by the Company to the successor of the Company (or the successor&#146;s parent company, if any), in connection with such Corporate Transaction. A surviving
corporation or acquiring corporation may choose to assume or continue only a portion of a Stock Award or substitute a similar stock award for only a portion of a Stock Award. The terms of any assumption, continuation or substitution shall be set by
the Board in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;3(b). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) <B>Stock Awards Held by Current Participants.</B>
In the event of a Corporate Transaction in which the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue any or all outstanding Stock Awards or substitute similar stock awards for such outstanding Stock
Awards, then with respect to Stock Awards that have not been assumed, continued or substituted and that are held by Participants whose Continuous Service has not terminated prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction (referred to as the
&#147;<B><I>Current Participants</I></B>&#148;), the vesting of such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time at which such Stock Awards may be exercised) shall (contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction) be accelerated in
full to a date prior to the effective time of such Corporate Transaction as the Board shall determine (or, if the Board shall not determine such a date, to the date that is five (5)&nbsp;days prior to the effective time of the Corporate
Transaction), and such Stock Awards shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, and any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to such Stock Awards
shall lapse (contingent upon the effectiveness of the Corporate Transaction). No vested Restricted Stock Unit Award shall terminate pursuant to this Section&nbsp;9(c)(ii) without being settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock, their cash
equivalent, any combination thereof, or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board, prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction (or such later date in accordance with a deferral election as described in Section
8(i)). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) <B>Stock Awards Held by Former Participants.</B> In the event of a Corporate Transaction in which the
surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or its parent company) does not assume or continue any or all outstanding Stock Awards or substitute similar stock awards for such outstanding Stock Awards, then with respect to Stock Awards that have
not been assumed, continued or substituted and that are held by persons other than Current Participants, the vesting of such Stock Awards (and, if applicable, the time at which such Stock Award may be exercised) shall not be accelerated and such
Stock Awards (other than a Stock Award consisting of vested and outstanding shares of Common Stock not subject to the Company&#146;s right of repurchase) shall terminate if not exercised (if applicable) prior to the effective time of the Corporate
Transaction; <I>provided, however</I>, that any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to such Stock Awards shall not terminate and may continue to be exercised notwithstanding the Corporate Transaction. No vested
Restricted Stock Unit Award shall terminate pursuant to this Section&nbsp;9(c)(iii) without being settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock, their cash equivalent, any combination thereof, or in any other form of consideration, as determined by
the Board, prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction (or such later date in accordance with a deferral election as described in Section 8(i)). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) <B>Payment</B><B> for Stock Awards in Lieu of Exercise</B><B> or Settlement</B><B>.</B> Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event a Stock Award will terminate if not exercised prior to the effective time of a Corporate Transaction, the Board may provide, in its sole discretion, that the holder of such Stock Award may not exercise such Stock Award but will receive a
payment, in such form as may be determined by the Board, equal in value to the excess, if any, of (i)&nbsp;the value of the cash or property the holder of the Stock Award would have received upon the exercise of the Stock Award immediately prior to
the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, over (ii)&nbsp;any exercise price payable by such holder in connection with such exercise. In addition, the Board may provide that with respect to one or more other Stock Awards, such awards will be
cancelled prior to exercise or settlement in exchange for a payment, in such form as may be determined by the Board, equal in value to the excess, if any, of (i)&nbsp;the value of the cash or property the holder of the Stock Award would have
received upon the exercise of the Stock Award immediately prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, over (ii)&nbsp;any exercise or purchase price (if any) payable by such holder in connection with such Stock Award, and such payment
may be fully vested at the time of the Corporate Transaction or may be required to vest after such time substantially in accordance with the schedule originally in effect immediately prior to the Corporate Transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Change in Control.</B> A Stock Award may be subject to additional acceleration of vesting and exercisability upon or after a Change in
Control as may be provided in the Stock Award Agreement for such Stock </P>
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Award or as may be provided in any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant. A Stock Award may vest as to all or any portion of the shares subject to the
Stock Award (i)&nbsp;immediately upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, whether or not such Stock Award is assumed, continued, or substituted by a surviving or acquiring entity in the Change in Control, or (ii)&nbsp;in the event a
Participant&#146;s Continuous Service is terminated, actually or constructively, within a designated period prior to, at, or following the occurrence of a Change in Control. In the absence of a determination by the Plan Administrator, no such
acceleration shall occur.<STRIKE> </STRIKE> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND STOCK AWARDS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Amendment of Plan.</B> Subject to the
limitations of applicable law, the Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, stockholder approval shall be required for any amendment of the Plan that either (i)&nbsp;materially increases the number of shares of Common
Stock available for issuance under the Plan, (ii)&nbsp;materially expands the class of individuals eligible to receive Awards under the Plan, (iii)&nbsp;materially increases the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan or materially reduces
the price at which shares of Common Stock may be issued or purchased under the Plan, (iv)&nbsp;materially extends the term of the Plan, or (v)&nbsp;expands the types of Awards available for issuance under the Plan, but only to the extent required by
applicable law or listing requirements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>Stockholder Approval.</B> The Board, in its sole discretion, may submit any other
amendment to the Plan for stockholder approval, including, but not limited to, amendments to the Plan intended to satisfy the requirements of Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code and the regulations thereunder regarding the exclusion of performance-based
compensation from the limit on corporate deductibility of compensation paid to Covered Employees. Approval of the Plan terms by the Company&#146;s stockholders does not create a requirement that the Board or the Committee administer the Plan in all
cases in compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code, as the Board and the Committee retain the discretion to grant awards that are not designed or intended to be &#147;performance based compensation&#148; under Section 162(m) of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) <B>Contemplated Amendments.</B> It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or
advisable to provide eligible Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to Incentive Stock Options and/or to bring the Plan and/or Incentive
Stock Options granted under it into compliance therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <B>Amendment of Awards.</B> The Board, at any time and from time to time,
may amend the terms of any one or more Awards (either directly or by amending the Plan), including, but not limited to, amendments to provide terms more favorable than previously provided in the Stock Award Agreement or the written terms of a
Performance Cash Award, subject to any specified limits in the Plan that are not subject to Board discretion; <I>provided, however</I>, that the rights under any Award outstanding at the time of such amendment shall not be materially impaired by any
such amendment unless (i)&nbsp;the Company requests the consent of the affected Participant, and (ii)&nbsp;such Participant consents in writing. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) <B>Plan Term.</B> The Board may suspend or
terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner terminated, the Plan shall terminate on April&nbsp;1, 2026. No Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) <B>No Impairment of Rights.</B> Suspension or termination of the Plan shall not impair rights and obligations under any Award granted
while the Plan is in effect except with the written consent of the affected Participant. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Plan first became effective on the Effective Date. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>CHOICE OF LAW. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The law of the State of Delaware shall govern all questions concerning
the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to that state&#146;s conflict of laws rules. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SYNOPSYS, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2017 <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">NON-EMPLOYEE</FONT> DIRECTORS EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Approved by the Board of Directors on
February&nbsp;14, 2017) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and the stockholders on April&nbsp;6, 2017) </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>I.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>PURPOSE OF THE PLAN </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This 2017 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Employee</FONT>
Directors Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) is intended to promote the interests of Synopsys, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Corporation&#148;), by providing the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> members of the
Board of Directors with the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest, or otherwise increase their proprietary interest, in the Corporation as an incentive for them to remain in the service of the Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>II.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>DEFINITIONS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of the Plan, the following definitions shall be in effect:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>ANNUAL MEETING:</I> the first meeting of the Corporation&#146;s stockholders held each calendar year at which directors of the
Corporation are selected. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>AWARD: </I>an Option or an award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to Section
VI.A. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>AWARDHOLDER: </I>any person who holds an Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>BOARD:</I> the Corporation&#146;s Board of Directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>CODE:</I> the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>COMMON STOCK:</I> shares of the Corporation&#146;s common stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>CHANGE IN CONTROL:</I> a change in ownership or control of the Corporation effected through either of the following transactions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) any person or related group of persons (other than the Corporation or a person that directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation) directly or indirectly acquires beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of
securities possessing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total combined voting power of the Corporation&#146;s outstanding securities pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made directly to the Corporation&#146;s stockholders; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) there is a change in the composition of the Board over a period of twenty-four (24)&nbsp;consecutive months or less 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 (A)&nbsp;have been Board members continuously since the beginning of such period or
(B)&nbsp;have been elected or nominated for election as Board members during such period by at least a majority of the Board members described in clause (A)&nbsp;who were still in office at the time such election or nomination was approved by the
Board; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) there is consummated a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, other than a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries to a corporation, partnership or
other entity, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by stockholders of the Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the outstanding voting securities of
the Corporation immediately prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>EFFECTIVE DATE:</I> the date this Plan is approved by the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>ELIGIBLE DIRECTOR:</I> a person designated as an Eligible Director pursuant to Section V.A. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>FAIR MARKET VALUE:</I> the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock determined in accordance with the following provisions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on any established market, the Fair Market Value
of a share of Common Stock shall be the closing sales price (or such other exchange-based or market-based transaction price determined by the Board in advance of any date of grant) for such stock as quoted on such exchange (or the exchange or market
with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the date of determination as reported in a source the Board deems reliable. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if there is no closing sales price for the Common Stock on the date of
determination, then the Fair Market Value shall be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board in good faith
and in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">OPTION: a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant
to the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>OPTIONEE:</I> any person to whom an Option is granted under the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED:</I> the inability of the Optionee to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of
any medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to be of continuous duration of twelve (12)&nbsp;months or more. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>RESTRICTED STOCK: </I>shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT:</I> a commitment to issue one share of Common Stock for each unit that becomes vested on the applicable vesting date
granted pursuant to the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>SUBSIDIARY</I>: with respect to the Corporation, (i)&nbsp;any corporation of which more than fifty
percent (50%) of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have
or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Corporation, and (ii)&nbsp;any partnership in which the Corporation has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the form
of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than fifty percent (50%). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and
conditions of each Award (including the dates of grant) shall be determined by the express terms and conditions of the Plan. To the extent not inconsistent with the foregoing, the Board shall have the power to determine the actual Award type, size
and vesting provisions each year, to construe and interpret the Plan and Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend, and revoke rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan. All such decisions, interpretations and constructions
made by the Board shall be final and binding on all parties who have an interest in the Plan. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may (i)&nbsp;correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Option Agreement or
Restricted Stock Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective, (ii)&nbsp;to amend the Plan or an Award as provided in Section VIII, or (iii)&nbsp;to exercise such powers and to
perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall not have the power to approve a program whereby outstanding Awards are surrendered in
exchange for Awards with a lower exercise price, without first obtaining stockholder approval of such program other than changes to outstanding Awards pursuant to Section IV.C. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. Shares of the Corporation&#146;s Common Stock shall be
available for issuance under the Plan and shall be drawn from either the Corporation&#146;s authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock or from reacquired shares of Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Corporation on the open market.
The number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan as of the Effective Date is 450,000 shares, inclusive of shares previously issued or made subject to awards under the Plan prior to such time. </P>
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prior to being exercised or settled in full, then the shares subject to the portion of the Award that fails to vest, or that expires or terminates without being exercised or settled, shall be again available for issuance under the Plan. By contrast,
if the exercise or purchase price of an Award, or the taxes due in respect of an Award, are paid by the Awardholder through tendering back to the Company, or having the Company withhold from issuance, shares of Common Stock from the shares otherwise
issuable to the Awardholder, then such shares so tendered back or withheld shall be deemed issued and then immediately returned to the Company; as a result, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be reduced
by the gross number of shares for which the Award is exercised or settled, and not by the net number of shares of Common Stock actually received by the Awardholder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. Should any change be made to the Common Stock issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
combination of shares, exchange of shares or other change affecting the outstanding Common Stock as a class without the Corporation&#146;s receipt of consideration, then appropriate adjustments shall be made to (i)&nbsp;the maximum number and/or
class of securities issuable under the Plan, (ii)&nbsp;the number and/or class of securities for which Awards are to be subsequently made to each <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> Board member under the Plan, and (iii)&nbsp;the
number and/or class of securities and price per share in effect under each Award outstanding under the Plan. The adjustments to the outstanding Awards shall be made by the Board in a manner which shall preclude the enlargement or dilution of rights
and benefits under such Awards and shall be final, binding and conclusive. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>ELIGIBILITY </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. <I>Eligible Directors.</I> The individuals eligible to receive Awards
pursuant to the provisions of this Plan on a given grant date shall be limited to members of the Board who are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">not-then</FONT> serving as employees of the Corporation. Status as an employee shall be determined in
accordance with Section&nbsp;16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Each <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> Board member eligible to participate in the Plan is hereby designated an Eligible Director. Employee Board
members are not eligible to receive Awards under this Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. <I>No Other Stock Plan Rights.</I> Except for the grants to be made
pursuant to this Plan under Section VI below, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> Board members shall not be eligible to receive any Awards under this Plan or any other stock plan of the Corporation or any parent or subsidiary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. <I>Award Size Limit</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) <I>Initial Awards. </I>No one Eligible Director shall receive Initial Awards in any one calendar year with an aggregate
value that exceeds $750,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) <I>Annual Awards</I>. No one Eligible Director shall receive Annual Awards in any one
calendar year with an aggregate value that exceeds $500,000. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) <I>Determining Value</I>. For purposes of determining
award value under this Section V.C and Section VI below, (i)&nbsp;Options shall be valued as determined for accounting purposes on the date of grant under the generally accepted accounting principles employed by the Corporation for purposes of
preparing its financial statements and/or public reporting under Item 402 of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> (e.g., Black Scholes value of the shares), and (ii)&nbsp;Awards of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall
be valued by multiplying the number of shares subject to such Initial Award by the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AUTOMATIC AWARDS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. <I>Award Amounts and Dates of Grant.</I>
The Board shall determine the form of the Awards and the size of the Awards on or prior to December&nbsp;31 of each year for Awards to be made in the following calendar year; provided, however, that the form and size of Awards granted in calendar
year 2017 will be determined on the date the Board approved the Plan. If no new determination is made by December&nbsp;31 for the following year, Awards granted in the following year shall be in the form and size approved for the most recent year as
to which a determination was timely made. All Options shall be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-statutory</FONT> stock options. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) <I>Initial Awards.</I> Each individual who first becomes an Eligible Director after the Effective Date, whether through
election by the Corporation&#146;s stockholders or appointment by the Board (but not by virtue of an employee Board member ceasing to be an employee of the Corporation), shall automatically be granted, on the date of such initial election or
appointment, an Award or Awards (the &#147;Initial Award&#148;) with a value equal to the Initial Award Value. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)
<I>Annual Awards.</I> On the date of each Annual Meeting during the term of this Plan, each Eligible Director who is elected (whether for the first time or through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election)</FONT> to the Board at that Annual
Meeting shall automatically be granted, on the date of such Annual Meeting (the &#147;Award Annual Meeting&#148;), an annual Award or Awards (an &#147;Annual Award&#148;) with a value equal to the Annual Award Value; provided, however, that the date
of grant for Annual Awards granted at the Annual Meeting held in calendar 2017 will be the date of such Annual Meeting or the first day thereafter on which a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> has become
effective. There shall be no limit on the number of Annual Awards any one Eligible Director may receive over his or her period of continued Board service during the term of this Plan. For clarity, if an Eligible Director is first elected or
appointed to the Board on the date of an Annual Meeting, such Eligible Director shall receive an Annual Award and not an Interim Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) <I>Interim Awards.</I> In the case of an Eligible Director who is appointed to the Board on a date (the &#147;Interim
Appointment Date&#148;) that is neither (x)&nbsp;the date of an Annual Meeting nor (y)&nbsp;a date that is more than eleven (11)&nbsp;months since the most recent Annual Meeting that preceded the Interim Appointment Date, such Eligible Director
shall automatically be granted, on the date of such appointment, an Award or Awards (an &#147;Interim Award&#148;) with a value equal to the Interim Award Value. For clarity, an Eligible Director shall not receive an Interim Award if he or she is
first appointed to the Board more than eleven (11)&nbsp;months after the most recent Annual Meeting, or if he or she is first appointed or elected to the Board on the date of an Annual Meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) <I>Definitions.</I> The following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Section VI: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) &#147;Initial Award Value&#148; shall mean a dollar amount approved by the Board for the Initial Award to be granted in
connection with an individual becoming an Eligible Director. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) &#147;Annual Award Value&#148; shall mean a dollar
amount approved by the Board for the Annual Award to be granted for service as a Director for the period from the Award Annual Meeting until the first Annual Meeting following the Award Annual Meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) &#147;Interim Award Value&#148; shall mean a dollar amount approved by the Board for the Interim Award to be granted in
connection with an individual becoming an Eligible Director, which value shall be equal to the product of (i)&nbsp;the Annual Award Value the Eligible Director would have received had the Eligible Director been appointed to the Board at the time of
the most recent Annual Meeting that preceded the Interim Appointment Date multiplied by (ii)&nbsp;a fraction the numerator of which is twelve (12)&nbsp;minus the lesser of (x)&nbsp;the number of whole months from the most recent Annual Meeting that
preceded the Interim Appointment Date until the Interim Appointment Date with any fraction of a month being rounded up to the next whole month or (y)&nbsp;twelve (12) and the denominator of which is twelve (12). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. <I>Terms and Conditions of Options.</I> Any Options granted pursuant to Section VI.A shall have the following terms and conditions: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) <I>Exercise Price.</I> The exercise price per share of Common Stock subject to such Option shall be equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the grant date. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) <I>Payment.</I> Upon the exercise of the Option in whole or in part, the
exercise price for the portion being exercised shall become immediately due and shall be payable in one of the alternative forms specified below, or in a combination of such alternative forms, to the extent permitted by law and permitted in the form
of Stock Option Agreement issued in connection with the Option: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) full payment in cash or check made payable to the
Corporation&#146;s order; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) full payment in shares of Common Stock valued at Fair Market Value on the Exercise Date
(as such term is defined below); or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) full payment through a broker-dealer sale and remittance procedure pursuant to
which the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> Board member (x)&nbsp;shall provide irrevocable written instructions to a brokerage firm acceptable to the Corporation to effect the immediate sale of the purchased shares and remit to
the Corporation, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate exercise price payable for the purchased shares and (y)&nbsp;shall concurrently provide written directives to the Corporation to
deliver the certificates for the purchased shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale transaction; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) a &#147;net exercise&#148; arrangement pursuant to which the Corporation will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock
actually delivered upon exercise of the Option by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price, and the Corporation shall accept a cash payment from the Eligible Director to the extent
of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such holding back of whole shares. For clarity, the Option will be deemed exercised as to the number of shares equal to the sum of the shares actually delivered to the
Eligible Director plus the number of shares withheld to pay the exercise price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this Section VI.B(2), the Exercise Date
shall be the date on which written notice of the Option exercise is delivered to the Corporation or such other date as determined by the Board from time to time in connection with the administration of the Plan. Except to the extent the sale and
remittance procedure specified above is utilized in connection with the exercise of the Option, payment of the exercise price for the purchased shares must accompany the exercise notice. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) <I>Exercisability/Vesting. </I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Each Option granted pursuant to this Plan may vest and therefore become exercisable in periodic installments that may or
may not be equal, as determined by the Board. An Option may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may or may not be exercised as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options may
vary. Once a portion of an Option becomes vested, such portion shall remain exercisable until either such portion is exercised or the Option is terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Plan. In no event, however, shall any additional
Option shares vest after the Optionee&#146;s cessation of Board service. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Should the Optionee die or become
Permanently Disabled while serving as a Board member, then any Option issued under the Plan held by the Optionee at the time of his or her death or Permanent Disability may subsequently be exercised for any or all of the Option shares in which the
Optionee is vested at that time plus an additional number of Option shares equal to the number of Option shares (if any) in which the Optionee would have vested had he or she continued in Board service until the next Annual Meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) <I>Option Term.</I> Each Option under the Plan shall have a maximum term of seven (7)&nbsp;years measured from the
automatic grant date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5) <I>Effect of Termination of Board Service</I>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Should the Optionee cease to serve as a Board member for any reason (other than death or Permanent Disability) while
holding one or more Options issued under the Plan, then such individual shall have a six (6)-month period following the date of such cessation of Board service in which to exercise each such Option for any or all of the Option shares in which the
Optionee is vested at the time of his or her </P>
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cessation of Board service. Each such Option shall immediately terminate and cease to be outstanding, at the time of such cessation of Board service, with respect to any Option shares in which
the Optionee is not otherwise at that time vested. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Should the Optionee die while serving as a Board member on or
before the date that is six (6)&nbsp;months after cessation of Board service, then any Option issued under the Plan held by the Optionee at the time of death may subsequently be exercised, for any or all of the Option shares in which the Optionee is
vested at the time of his or her cessation of Board service (less any Option shares subsequently purchased by the Optionee prior to death), by the personal representative of the Optionee&#146;s estate or by the person or persons to whom the Option
is transferred pursuant to the Optionee&#146;s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. The right to exercise each such Option shall lapse upon the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period measured from the date of the
Optionee&#146;s death. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) Should the Optionee become Permanently Disabled while serving as a Board member, then the
Optionee shall have the right to exercise the Option for any or all of the Option shares in which the Optionee is vested at the time of his or her cessation of Board service at any time prior to the expiration of the twelve (12)-month period
measured from the date of the Optionee&#146;s Permanent Disability. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) If the exercise of the Option following the
termination of the Optionee&#146;s service as a Board member (other than upon the Optionee&#146;s death or Permanent Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration
requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the expiration of a period of six (6)-months after the termination of the Optionee&#146;s service as a Board member during which
the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such registration requirements, or (ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the maximum term of the Option. In addition, if the sale of the Common Stock received upon exercise of an Option following the
termination of the Optionee&#146;s Service as a Board member would violate the Company&#146;s insider trading policy, then the Option shall terminate on the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the expiration of a period equal to the applicable post-termination
exercise period described in subsections (i)-(iii) above after the termination of the Optionee&#146;s service as a Board member during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of the Company&#146;s insider trading policy; or
(ii)&nbsp;the expiration of the maximum term of the Option. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v) In no event shall any Option under this Plan remain
exercisable after the expiration date of the maximum seven (7)&nbsp;year Option term. Upon the expiration of the applicable post-service exercise period under subparagraphs (i)&nbsp;through (iii) above or (if earlier) upon the expiration of the
maximum seven (7)-year Option term, the grant shall terminate and cease to be outstanding for any Option shares in which the Optionee was vested at the time of his or her cessation of Board service but for which such Option was not otherwise
exercised. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6) <I>Stockholder Rights.</I> The holder of an Option issued under the Plan shall have none of the rights of a
stockholder with respect to any shares subject to such Option until such individual shall have exercised the Option and paid the exercise price for the purchased shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7) <I>Remaining Terms.</I> The remaining terms and conditions of each Option issued under the Plan shall be as set forth in a
written Option agreement (the &#147;Stock Option Agreement&#148;) in a form adopted from time to time by the Board; provided, however, that the terms of any Stock Option Agreement shall be consistent with the provisions of this Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C. <I>Terms and Conditions of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.</I> Any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant
to the provisions of Section VI.A shall have the following terms and conditions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) <I>Payment.</I> To the fullest extent
permitted by law, the payment for the Award shall be in the form of past services rendered to or future services to be rendered to the Corporation. In the event additional consideration is required to be paid in order that the shares subject to such
Award shall be deemed fully paid and nonassessable, the Board shall determine the amount and character of such additional consideration. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) <I>Vesting.</I> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Restricted Stock issued or Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan may vest in periodic installments that may or may
not be equal, as determined by the Board. The vesting provisions of individual shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units may vary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) Should the Eligible Director die or become Permanently Disabled while serving as a Board member, then any Restricted Stock
issued or Restricted Stock Units granted under the Plan held by the Eligible Director at the time of his or her death or Permanent Disability shall be deemed vested for a number of shares equal to the number calculated in the preceding sentence as
of the date of death or Permanent Disability plus an additional number of shares equal to the number of shares (if any) in which the Eligible Director would have vested had he or she continued in Board service until the next Annual Meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) <I>Effect of Termination of Board Service.</I> Should an Eligible Director cease to serve as a Board member while holding
unvested Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, the unvested stock or unvested Restricted Stock Units shall immediately be forfeited and revert back to the Corporation. No notice or other action shall be required of the Corporation to
effectuate such reversion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4) <I>Remaining Terms.</I> The remaining terms and conditions of each grant of Restricted
Stock or Restricted Stock Units under the Plan shall be as set forth in a written restricted stock agreement (the &#147;Restricted Stock Agreement&#148; or &#147;Restricted Stock Unit Agreement&#148;) in a form adopted from time to time by the
Board; provided, however, that the terms of any Restricted Stock Agreement or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement shall be consistent with the provisions of this Plan. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>SPECIAL VESTING ACCELERATION EVENTS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. In connection with any Change in Control of the
Corporation, each outstanding, unvested Option and Restricted Stock Unit award granted under the Plan and each share of unvested Restricted Stock issued under the Plan shall automatically vest in full immediately prior to the specified effective
date for the Change in Control. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. In the event of any Change in Control, the Board may provide that some or all of the outstanding
Awards shall be assumed by the successor corporation or its parent corporation. In the event an Option, award of Restricted Stock Units or award of unvested Restricted Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Change in Control is not assumed by
the successor corporation or its parent corporation, the outstanding Award shall terminate and cease to be outstanding immediately following the Change in Control to the extent that such Award is not exercised (in the case of Options) or vested (in
the case of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units) as of the effective date of the Change in Control, and, in the case of unvested Restricted Stock, such shares shall immediately be forfeited and revert back to the Corporation.<I><SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top"> </SUP></I> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN AND AWARDS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board has complete and exclusive
power and authority to amend or modify the Plan (or any component thereof) in any or all respects whatsoever; provided, however, that no such amendment or modification shall adversely affect rights and obligations with respect to Awards at the time
outstanding under the Plan, unless the affected Eligible Directors consent to such amendment. In addition, the Board may not, without the approval of the Corporation&#146;s stockholders, amend the Plan in such a manner that would violate applicable
laws or the listing requirements applicable to the Corporation with respect to any securities exchange or quotation system on which the Corporation lists the Corporation&#146;s securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is
terminated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>IX.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. The Plan became effective on the Effective Date,
subject to stockholder approval at the 2017 Annual Meeting of stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. The Plan shall terminate upon the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the
day immediately prior to the date of the Annual Meeting of stockholders that occurs in 2027 or (ii)&nbsp;the date on which all shares available for issuance under the Plan shall have been issued or canceled pursuant to the exercise of Awards. If the
date of termination is determined under clause (i)&nbsp;above, </P>
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then all Options and issuances of Restricted Stock outstanding on such date shall thereafter continue to have force and effect in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Stock Option
Agreements, Restricted Stock Agreements and Restricted Stock Unit Agreements. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>X.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>USE OF PROCEEDS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any cash proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of shares
pursuant to Options or share issuances under the Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>REGULATORY APPROVALS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. The implementation of the Plan, the granting of any Awards and
the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of an Award shall be subject to the Corporation&#146;s compliance in all respects with the requirements of applicable law and the rules of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the
Corporation lists the Corporation&#146;s securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. No shares of Common Stock or other assets shall be issued or delivered under this
Plan unless and until there shall have been compliance with all applicable requirements of Federal and state securities laws, including the filing and effectiveness of the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> registration statement for
the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan, and all applicable listing requirements of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>NO IMPAIRMENT OF RIGHTS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither the action of the Corporation in establishing the Plan
nor any provision of the Plan shall be construed or interpreted so as to affect adversely or otherwise impair the right of the Corporation or the stockholders to remove any individual from the Board at any time in accordance with the provisions of
applicable law. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A. Awards may not be assigned, encumbered or otherwise
transferred by any holder of the Award except by will or the laws of descent and distribution or as provided in the associated Stock Option Agreement, Restricted Stock Agreement or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">B. The provisions of the Plan shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Corporation and its successors or assigns, and the
Awardholder, the legal representatives of their respective estates, their respective heirs or legatees and their permitted assignees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C.
The existence of outstanding Awards shall in no way affect the right of the Corporation to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or
any part of its business or assets. </P>
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