EXHIBIT
10.40
Amendment
No. 2 to the
Huron
Consulting Group Inc.
2002
Equity Incentive Plan
This
Amendment No. 2 to the Huron Consulting Group
Inc. 2002 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) is effective as of November 1,
2006.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Plan, the
board of directors of Huron Consulting Group Inc. (the “board”) may amend the
Plan; and
WHEREAS,
the board has determined to amend the
Plan;
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Plan is amended as follows:
1. The
last
paragraph of Section 3 of the Plan is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
“In
the
event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock
split,
stock dividend, extraordinary dividend, or other similar change in the structure
or capitalization of Company, the Administrator shall
make
an
appropriate adjustment to the (a) number and kind of Shares or other securities,
cash or property that may be delivered under the Plan, (b) number and kind
of
Shares or other securities, cash or property subject to outstanding Awards,
(c)
exercise price of outstanding Equity Options and Equity Appreciation Rights
and
(d) other characteristics or terms of the Awards as the Administrator
may,
in its
sole discretion,
determine appropriate to equitably reflect such transaction, change or
distribution.”