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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-272810
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180912
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:		20180913
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180913

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001078075
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373]
		IRS NUMBER:				042837575
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-26251
		FILM NUMBER:		181069035

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		310 LITTLETON ROAD
		CITY:			WESTFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01886
		BUSINESS PHONE:		978-614-4000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		310 LITTLETON ROAD
		CITY:			WESTFORD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01886
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<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, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<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 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): September&nbsp;12, 2018 </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>NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, 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 its charter) </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:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">000-26251</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">04-2837575</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>310 Littleton Road</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Westford, Massachusetts</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(978) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">614-4000</FONT> </B></P>
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Name or 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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;
230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;12, 2018, NetScout Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)
held its 2018 annual meeting of stockholders (the &#147;2018 Annual Meeting&#148;).&nbsp;At the 2018 Annual Meeting, the Company&#146;s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement (the &#147;Plan Amendment&#148;) of the Company&#146;s 2011
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Purchase Plan&#148;) to increase the number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder by 3,000,000 shares. The Purchase Plan was originally adopted in 2011. The Plan
Amendment previously had been approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A summary of the
Purchase Plan, as amended by the Plan Amendment, is set forth in the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the 2018 Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;27, 2018 (the &#147;Proxy
Statement&#148;) under the caption &#147;Proposal&nbsp;2: Approval of an Amendment and Restatement of the NetScout Systems, Inc. 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan&#148;, which summary is incorporated herein by reference. That detailed summary and
the foregoing description of the Purchase Plan, as amended, are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Plan, as amended, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> and is 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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As referenced above, on September&nbsp;12, 2018, the Company held its 2018 Annual Meeting. As of July&nbsp;20, 2018, the record date for the
2018 Annual Meeting, 80,535,259 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock were issued and outstanding. A summary of the matters voted upon by stockholders is set forth below. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s stockholders elected each of Alfred Grasso and Vincent J. Mullarkey as Class&nbsp;I
directors of the Company with each director to serve a three-year term until the Company&#146;s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders. The voting results were as follows: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Withheld</B></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">Alfred Grasso</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">70,144,218</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,242,384</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">Vincent J. Mullarkey</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">69,440,410</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">917,958</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,242,384</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s stockholders approved the Plan Amendment. The voting results were as follows:
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>Abstain</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">69,694,283</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">637,022</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">27,063</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">4,242,384</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company&#146;s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company&#146;s
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March&nbsp;31, 2019. The voting results were as follows: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">484,995</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">24,358</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">0</TD></TR>
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executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. The voting results were as follows: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">67,030,009</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">3,249,941</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">78,418</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">4,242,384</TD></TR>
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<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
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>N<SMALL>ET</SMALL>S<SMALL>COUT</SMALL> S<SMALL>YSTEMS</SMALL>, I<SMALL>NC</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>A<SMALL>MENDED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> R<SMALL>ESTATED</SMALL> 2011 E<SMALL>MPLOYEE</SMALL> S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL>
P<SMALL>LAN</SMALL> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>A<SMALL>DOPTED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> B<SMALL>OARD</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL>
D<SMALL>IRECTORS</SMALL>: J<SMALL>UNE</SMALL>&nbsp;29, 2011 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>A<SMALL>PPROVED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL>
S<SMALL>TOCKHOLDERS</SMALL>: S<SMALL>EPTEMBER</SMALL>&nbsp;7, 2011 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>A<SMALL>MENDED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> R<SMALL>ESTATED</SMALL>
<SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPENSATION</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMITTEE</SMALL>: F<SMALL>EBRUARY</SMALL>&nbsp;8, 2012 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>A<SMALL>MENDED</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> R<SMALL>ESTATED</SMALL> <SMALL>BY</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPENSATION</SMALL>
C<SMALL>OMMITTEE</SMALL>: J<SMALL>ULY</SMALL>&nbsp;3, 2018 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>G<SMALL>ENERAL</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Plan is intended as the successor to the NetScout Systems, Inc. 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
&#147;<B><I>Prior Plan</I></B>&#148;). Following the Effective Date of this Plan, no additional options to purchase shares of Common Stock shall be granted under the Prior Plan. All Purchase Rights granted on or after the Effective Date of this Plan
shall be subject to the terms of this Plan. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which
Eligible Employees of the Company and certain Designated Companies may be given an opportunity to purchase shares of Common Stock. The Plan is intended to permit the Company to grant a series of Purchase Rights to Eligible Employees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of such Employees, to secure and retain the
services of new Employees and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company, its Related Corporations and Affiliates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Plan includes two components: a 423 Component and a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT>
Component. It is the intention of the Company to have the 423 Component qualify as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The provisions of the 423 Component, accordingly, shall be construed so as to extend and limit participation in a uniform and
nondiscriminatory basis consistent with the requirements of Section&nbsp;423 of the Code. In addition, this Plan authorizes the grant of Purchase Rights under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component that does not qualify as an
Employee Stock Purchase Plan; such Purchase Rights shall be granted pursuant to rules, procedures or subplans adopted by the Board designed to achieve tax, securities laws or other objectives for Eligible Employees and the Company, its Related
Corporations and Affiliates. Except as otherwise provided herein or determined by the Board, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component will operate and be administered in the same manner as the 423 Component. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(e)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a Participant transfers employment from the Company or any Designated Related Corporation participating
in the 423 Component to a Designated Affiliate participating in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component, he or she shall immediately cease to participate in the 423 Component; however, any Contributions made for the Purchase
Period in which such transfer occurs shall be transferred to the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component, and such Participant shall immediately join the then current Offering under the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component upon the same terms and </P>
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conditions in effect for his or her participation in the Plan, except for such modifications as may be required by applicable law. A Participant who transfers employment from a Designated
Affiliate participating in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component to the Company or any Designated Related Corporation participating in the 423 Component shall remain a Participant in the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component until the earlier of (i)&nbsp;the end of the current Offering Period under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component, or (ii)&nbsp;the Offering Date of the first Offering
in which he or she participates following such transfer. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a
Committee or Committees, as provided in Section&nbsp;2(c). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board shall have the power, subject to,
and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To determine how and when Purchase
Rights to purchase shares of Common Stock shall be granted and the provisions of each Offering of such Purchase Rights (which need not be identical), including which Designated Related Corporations and Designated Affiliates shall participate in the
423 Component or the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To designate from time
to time which Related Corporations and Affiliates of the Company shall be eligible to participate in the Plan as Designated Related Corporations and Designated Affiliates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To construe and interpret the Plan and Purchase Rights, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and
regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this power, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan fully effective. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(iv)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To settle all controversies regarding the Plan and Purchase Rights granted under it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(v)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time as provided in Section&nbsp;12. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(vi)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To amend the Plan at any time as provided in Section&nbsp;12. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(vii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as it deems necessary or expedient to promote
the best interests of the Company, its Related Corporations and Affiliates and to carry out the intent that the 423 Component be treated as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(viii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board specifically is authorized to adopt rules, procedures and
subplans, which, for purposes of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component, may be outside the scope of Section&nbsp;423 of the Code, regarding, without limitation, eligibility to participate in the Plan, handling and making of
Contributions, establishment of bank </P>
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or trust accounts to hold Contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary designation requirements, withholding
procedures and handling of share issuances, which may vary according to local requirements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(ix)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To make
any other determination and take any other action that the Board deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of the powers previously
delegated. Whether or not the Board has delegated administration of the Plan to a Committee, the Board shall have the final power to determine all questions of policy and expediency that may arise in the administration of the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith shall not be subject
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>S<SMALL>HARES</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMON</SMALL> S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL> S<SMALL>UBJECT</SMALL>
<SMALL>TO</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> P<SMALL>LAN</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the
provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, the shares of Common Stock that may be sold pursuant to Purchase Rights shall not exceed in the aggregate 5,500,000 shares of Common Stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any Purchase Right granted under the Plan shall for any reason terminate without having been exercised,
the shares of Common Stock not purchased under such Purchase Right shall again become available for issuance under the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The stock purchasable under the Plan shall be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock,
including shares repurchased by the Company on the open market. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>G<SMALL>RANT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL> R<SMALL>IGHTS</SMALL>;
O<SMALL>FFERING</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board may from time to time grant or provide for the
grant of Purchase Rights to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan to Eligible Employees in an Offering (consisting of one or more Purchase Periods) on an Offering Date or Offering Dates selected by the Board. Each Offering shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate, and with respect to the 423 Component shall comply with the requirement of Section&nbsp;423(b)(5) of the Code that all Employees granted Purchase Rights shall have
the same rights and privileges. The terms and conditions of an Offering shall be incorporated by reference into the Plan and treated as part of the Plan. The provisions of </P>
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separate Offerings need not be identical, but each Offering shall include (through incorporation of the provisions of this Plan by reference in the document comprising the Offering or otherwise)
the period during which the Offering shall be effective, which period shall not exceed 27 months beginning with the Offering Date, and the substance of the provisions contained in Sections 5 through 8, inclusive. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a Participant has more than one Purchase Right outstanding under the Plan, unless he or she otherwise
indicates in agreements or notices delivered hereunder: (i)&nbsp;each agreement or notice delivered by that Participant shall be deemed to apply to all of his or her Purchase Rights under the Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;a Purchase Right with a lower
exercise price (or an earlier-granted Purchase Right, if different Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) shall be exercised to the fullest possible extent before a Purchase Right with a higher exercise price (or a later-granted Purchase
Right if different Purchase Rights have identical exercise prices) shall be exercised. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board shall
have the discretion to structure an Offering so that if the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the first day of a new Purchase Period within that Offering is less than or equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the
Offering Date for that Offering, then (i)&nbsp;that Offering shall terminate immediately, and (ii)&nbsp;the Participants in such terminated Offering shall be automatically enrolled in a new Offering beginning on the first day of such new Purchase
Period. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>E<SMALL>LIGIBILITY</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchase Rights may be granted only to Employees of the Company or, as the Board may designate as provided in
Section&nbsp;2(b), to Employees of a Related Corporation or Affiliate. Except as provided in Section&nbsp;5(b), an Employee shall not be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date, such Employee has been in
the employ of the Company, the Related Corporation or the Affiliate, as the case may be, for such continuous period preceding such Offering Date as the Board may require, but in no event shall the required period of continuous employment be greater
than two years. In addition, the Board may provide that no Employee shall be eligible to be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date, such Employee&#146;s customary employment with the Company or the Related Corporation or
the Affiliate is more than 20 hours per week and more than five months per calendar year for purposes of the 423 Component or such other criteria as the Board may determine consistent with Section&nbsp;423 of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board may provide that each person who, during the course of an Offering, first becomes an Eligible
Employee shall, on a date or dates specified in the Offering which coincides with the day on which such person becomes an Eligible Employee or which occurs thereafter, receive a Purchase Right under that Offering, which Purchase Right shall
thereafter be deemed to be a part of that Offering. Such Purchase Right shall have the same characteristics as any Purchase Rights originally granted under that Offering, as described herein, except that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the date on which such Purchase Right is granted shall be the &#147;Offering Date&#148; of such Purchase
Right for all purposes, including determination of the exercise price of such Purchase Right; </P>
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Right shall begin on its Offering Date and end coincident with the end of such Offering; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the
Board may provide that if such person first becomes an Eligible Employee within a specified period of time before the end of the Offering, he or she shall not receive any Purchase Right under that Offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Employee shall be eligible for the grant of any Purchase Rights under the 423 Component if, immediately
after any such Purchase Rights are granted, such Employee owns stock possessing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any Related Corporation. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;5(c), the
rules of Section&nbsp;424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of any Employee, and stock which such Employee may purchase under all outstanding Purchase Rights and options shall be treated as stock owned by such Employee.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As specified by Section&nbsp;423(b)(8) of the Code, an Eligible Employee participating in the 423
Component may be granted Purchase Rights under the Plan only if such Purchase Rights, together with any other rights granted under all Employee Stock Purchase Plans of the Company and any Related Corporations, do not permit such Eligible
Employee&#146;s rights to purchase stock of the Company or any Related Corporation to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of Fair Market Value of such stock (determined at the time such rights are granted, and which, with respect to the Plan,
shall be determined as of their respective Offering Dates) for each calendar year in which such rights are outstanding at any time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(e)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Officers of the Company and any Designated Company, if they are otherwise Eligible Employees, shall be
eligible to participate in Offerings under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may provide in an Offering under the 423 Component that Employees who are highly compensated Employees within the meaning of Section&nbsp;423(b)(4)(D) of
the Code shall not be eligible to participate. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL> R<SMALL>IGHTS</SMALL>; P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL> P<SMALL>RICE</SMALL>.
</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On each Offering Date, each Eligible Employee, pursuant to an Offering made under
the Plan, shall be granted a Purchase Right to purchase up to that number of shares of Common Stock purchasable either with a percentage or with a maximum dollar amount, as designated by the Board, but in either case not exceeding 20% of such
Employee&#146;s earnings (as defined by the Board in each Offering) during the period that begins on the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board determines for a particular Offering) and ends on the date stated in the Offering, which date
shall be no later than the end of the Offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board shall establish one or more Purchase Dates
during an Offering as of which Purchase Rights granted pursuant to that Offering shall be exercised and purchases of shares of Common Stock shall be carried out in accordance with such Offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify a maximum number of shares of
Common Stock that may be purchased by any Participant on any Purchase Date during such Offering. In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify a maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be
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purchased by all Participants pursuant to such Offering. In addition, in connection with each Offering that contains more than one Purchase Date, the Board may specify a maximum aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased by all Participants on any Purchase Date under the Offering. If the aggregate purchase of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Purchase Rights granted under the Offering would exceed any
such maximum aggregate number, then, in the absence of any Board action otherwise, a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock available shall be made in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and equitable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The purchase price of shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to Purchase Rights shall be not less than the
lesser of: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the
Offering Date; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the
applicable Purchase Date. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>P<SMALL>ARTICIPATION</SMALL>; W<SMALL>ITHDRAWAL</SMALL>; T<SMALL>ERMINATION</SMALL>.
</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An Eligible Employee may elect to authorize payroll deductions pursuant to an
Offering under the Plan by completing and delivering to the Company, within the time specified in the Offering, an enrollment form (in such form as the Company may provide). Each such enrollment form shall authorize an amount of Contributions
expressed as a percentage of the submitting Participant&#146;s earnings (as defined in each Offering) during the Offering (not to exceed the maximum percentage specified by the Board). Each Participant&#146;s Contributions shall be credited to a
bookkeeping account for such Participant under the Plan and shall be deposited with the general funds of the Company except where applicable law requires that Contributions be deposited with a third party. To the extent provided in the Offering, a
Participant may begin such Contributions after the beginning of the Offering. To the extent provided in the Offering, a Participant may thereafter reduce (including to zero) or increase his or her Contributions. To the extent required under
applicable law or if specifically provided in the Offering, in addition to or instead of making Contributions by payroll deductions, a Participant may make Contributions through the payment by cash or check prior to each Purchase Date of the
Offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During an Offering, a Participant may cease making Contributions and withdraw from the
Offering by delivering to the Company a notice of withdrawal in such form as the Company may provide. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time prior to the end of the Offering, except as provided otherwise in the Offering. Upon such withdrawal
from the Offering by a Participant, the Company shall distribute to such Participant all of his or her accumulated Contributions (reduced to the extent, if any, such Contributions have been used to acquire shares of Common Stock for the Participant)
under the Offering, and such Participant&#146;s Purchase Right in that Offering shall thereupon terminate. A Participant&#146;s withdrawal from an Offering shall have no effect upon such Participant&#146;s eligibility to participate in any other
Offerings under the Plan, but such Participant shall be required to deliver a new enrollment form in order to participate in subsequent Offerings. </P>
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Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan shall terminate immediately upon a Participant ceasing to be an Employee for any reason or for no reason or other lack of eligibility. The Company shall distribute to such terminated or
otherwise ineligible Employee all of his or her accumulated Contributions (reduced to the extent, if any, such Contributions have been used to acquire shares of Common Stock for the terminated or otherwise ineligible Employee) under the Offering.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchase Rights shall not be transferable by a Participant except by will, the laws of descent and
distribution, or by a beneficiary designation as provided in Section&nbsp;10. During a Participant&#146;s lifetime, Purchase Rights shall be exercisable only by such Participant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(e)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise specified in an Offering, the Company shall have no obligation to pay interest on
Contributions, unless otherwise required by 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"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>E<SMALL>XERCISE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> P<SMALL>URCHASE</SMALL> R<SMALL>IGHTS</SMALL>.
</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On each Purchase Date during an Offering, each Participant&#146;s accumulated
Contributions shall be applied to the purchase of shares of Common Stock up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Offering, at the purchase price specified in the Offering. No
fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of Purchase Rights unless specifically provided for in the Offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any amount of accumulated Contributions remains in a Participant&#146;s account after the purchase of
shares of Common Stock and such remaining amount is less than the amount required to purchase one share of Common Stock on the final Purchase Date of an Offering, then such remaining amount shall be held in such Participant&#146;s account for the
purchase of shares of Common Stock under the next Offering under the Plan, unless such Participant withdraws from such next Offering, as provided in Section&nbsp;7(b), or is not eligible to participate in such Offering, as provided in
Section&nbsp;5, in which case such amount shall be distributed to such Participant after the final Purchase Date, without interest (unless otherwise required by applicable law). If the amount of Contributions remaining in a Participant&#146;s
account after the purchase of shares of Common Stock is at least equal to the amount required to purchase one whole share of Common Stock on the final Purchase Date of the Offering, then such remaining amount shall be distributed in full to such
Participant at the end of the Offering without interest (unless otherwise required by applicable law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No Purchase Rights may be exercised to any extent unless the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such
exercise under the Plan are covered by an effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act and the Plan is in material compliance with all applicable federal, state, foreign and other securities and other laws applicable to the Plan.
If on a Purchase Date during any Offering hereunder the shares of Common Stock are not so registered or the Plan is not in such compliance, no Purchase Rights or any Offering shall be exercised on such Purchase Date, and the Purchase Date shall be
delayed until the shares of Common Stock are subject to such an effective registration statement and the Plan is in such compliance, except that the Purchase Date shall not be delayed more than 12 months and the Purchase Date shall in no event be
more than 27 months from the Offering Date. If, on the Purchase Date under any Offering hereunder, as delayed to the maximum extent permissible, the </P>
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shares of Common Stock are not registered and the Plan is not in such compliance, no Purchase Rights shall be exercised and all Contributions accumulated during the Offering (reduced to the
extent, if any, such Contributions have been used to acquire shares of Common Stock) shall be distributed to the Participants without interest. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>C<SMALL>OVENANTS</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMPANY</SMALL>.
</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company shall seek to obtain from each federal, state, foreign or other regulatory commission or agency having
jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Purchase Rights. If, after commercially 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, and at a commercially reasonable cost, the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to
issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Purchase Rights unless and until such authority is obtained. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>D<SMALL>ESIGNATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> B<SMALL>ENEFICIARY</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Common Stock
and/or cash, if any, from the Participant&#146;s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant&#146;s death subsequent to the end of an Offering but prior to delivery to the Participant of such shares of Common Stock or cash. In addition,
a Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the Participant&#146;s account under the Plan in the event of such Participant&#146;s death during an Offering. Any such designation shall be on a form
provided by or otherwise acceptable to the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Participant may change such designation of
beneficiary at any time by written notice to the Company. In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant&#146;s death, the Company shall
deliver such shares of Common Stock and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its sole discretion, may
deliver such shares of Common Stock and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>A<SMALL>DJUSTMENTS</SMALL> <SMALL>UPON</SMALL> C<SMALL>HANGES</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL>
C<SMALL>OMMON</SMALL> S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL>; C<SMALL>ORPORATE</SMALL> T<SMALL>RANSACTIONS</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, 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;3(a), (ii) the class(es) and number of securities subject to, and the purchase price applicable to outstanding Offerings and Purchase Rights, and
(iii)&nbsp;the class(es) and number of securities that are the subject of purchase limits under each ongoing Offering. The Board shall make such adjustments, and its determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then: (i)&nbsp;any surviving corporation or acquiring corporation
(or the surviving or acquiring corporation&#146;s parent company) may assume or continue Purchase Rights outstanding under the Plan or may substitute similar rights </P>
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(including a right to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders in the Corporate Transaction) for those outstanding under the Plan, or (ii)&nbsp;if any surviving or acquiring
corporation (or its parent company)<B> </B>does not assume or continue such Purchase Rights or does not substitute similar rights for Purchase Rights outstanding under the Plan, then the Participants&#146; accumulated Contributions shall be used to
purchase shares of Common Stock within ten business days prior to the Corporate Transaction under any ongoing Offerings, and the Participants&#146; Purchase Rights under the ongoing Offerings shall terminate immediately after such purchase. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>A<SMALL>MENDMENT</SMALL>, T<SMALL>ERMINATION</SMALL> <SMALL>OR</SMALL> S<SMALL>USPENSION</SMALL>
<SMALL>OF</SMALL> <SMALL>THE</SMALL> P<SMALL>LAN</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board may amend the
Plan at any time in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable. However, except as provided in Section&nbsp;11(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, stockholder approval shall be required for any amendment of the Plan for which
stockholder approval is required by applicable law or listing requirements, including any amendment 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 become Participants and receive Purchase Rights 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 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 in each of (i)&nbsp;through (v) above only to the extent stockholder approval is
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)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any
time. No Purchase Rights 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>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any benefits, privileges, entitlements and obligations under any outstanding Purchase Rights granted before
an amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan shall not be impaired by any such amendment, suspension or termination except (i)&nbsp;with the consent of the person to whom such Purchase Rights were granted, (ii)&nbsp;as necessary to comply
with any laws, listing requirements, or governmental regulations (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section&nbsp;423 of the Code and the regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder relating to Employee Stock Purchase
Plans) including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued or amended after the Effective Date, or (iii)&nbsp;as necessary to obtain or maintain favorable tax, listing, or regulatory treatment. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>C<SMALL>ODE</SMALL> S<SMALL>ECTION</SMALL>&nbsp;409A; T<SMALL>AX</SMALL> Q<SMALL>UALIFICATION</SMALL>.
</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchase Rights granted under the 423 Component are exempt from the application of
Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. Purchase Rights granted under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component to U.S. taxpayers are intended to be exempt from the application of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code under the short-term
deferral exception and any ambiguities shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Subject to Section&nbsp;13(b) hereof, Purchase Rights granted to U.S. taxpayers under the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT>
Component shall be subject to such terms and conditions that will permit such Purchase Rights to satisfy the requirements of the short-term deferral exception available under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, including the requirement that the
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shares subject to a Purchase Right be delivered within the short-term deferral period. Subject to Section&nbsp;13(b) hereof, in the case of a Participant who would otherwise be subject to
Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, to the extent the Board determines that a Purchase Right or the exercise, payment, settlement or deferral thereof is subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, the Purchase Right shall be granted, exercised, paid,
settled or deferred in a manner that will comply with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, including U.S. Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other
guidance that may be issued after the adoption of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to a Participant or any other party if the Purchase Right that is intended to be exempt from or compliant with
Section&nbsp;409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Board with respect thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Although the Company may endeavor to (i)&nbsp;qualify a Purchase Right for favorable tax treatment under the
laws of the United States or jurisdictions outside of the United States or (ii)&nbsp;avoid adverse tax treatment (e.g., under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code), the Company makes no representation to that effect and expressly disavows any covenant to
maintain favorable or avoid unfavorable tax treatment, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, including Section&nbsp;13(a) hereof. The Company shall be unconstrained in its corporate activities without regard to the potential
negative tax impact on Participants under the Plan. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>E<SMALL>FFECTIVE</SMALL> D<SMALL>ATE</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> P<SMALL>LAN</SMALL>.
</B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Plan shall become effective on the date the Plan is adopted by the Board (the &#147;<B><I>Effective
Date</I></B>&#148;) but no Purchase Rights shall be exercised unless and until the Plan has been approved by the stockholders of the Company, which approval shall be within 12 months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>M<SMALL>ISCELLANEOUS</SMALL> P<SMALL>ROVISIONS</SMALL>. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Purchase Rights 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)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Participant shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of
a holder with respect to, shares of Common Stock subject to Purchase Rights unless and until the Participant&#146;s shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of Purchase Rights are recorded in the books of the Company (or its transfer agent).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan and Offering do not constitute an employment contract. Nothing in the Plan or in the Offering
shall in any way alter the at will nature of a Participant&#146;s employment, if applicable, or be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on the part of any Participant to continue in the employ of the Company, a Related Corporation
or an Affiliate, or on the part of the Company, a Related Corporation or an Affiliate to continue the employment of a Participant. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without resort to that
state&#146;s conflicts of laws rules. </P>
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invalid or otherwise unenforceable, such provision shall not affect the other provisions of the Plan, but the Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid provision were omitted. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>D<SMALL>EFINITIONS</SMALL>. </B></P></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"><B>(a)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>423 Component</I></B>&#148; means the part of the Plan, which excludes the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component, pursuant to which Purchase Rights that satisfy the requirements for Employee Stock Purchase Plans may be granted to Eligible Employees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Affiliate</I></B>&#148; means (i)&nbsp;any entity that, directly or indirectly, is controlled
by, controls or is under common control with, the Company and (ii)&nbsp;any entity in which the Company has a significant equity interest, in either case as determined by the Board, whether now or hereafter existing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Board&#148;</I></B><I> </I>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"><B>(d)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Capitalization Adjustment</I></B>&#148; means any change that is made in, or other events that
occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Purchase Right after the Effective Date 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 similar transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be treated as a Capitalization Adjustment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(e)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Code&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including
any applicable regulations and guidance thereunder.<I>.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(f)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Committee&#148;</I></B><I>
</I>means a committee of one or more members of the Board to whom authority has been delegated by the Board in accordance with Section&nbsp;2(c). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(g)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Common Stock&#148;</I></B> 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"><B>(h)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Company&#148;</I></B> means NetScout Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Contributions&#148;</I></B> means the payroll deductions and other additional payments
specifically provided for in the Offering, that a Participant contributes to fund the exercise of a Purchase Right. A Participant may make additional payments into his or her account, if specifically provided for in the Offering, and then only if
the Participant has not already had the maximum permitted amount withheld during the Offering through payroll deductions. </P>
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consummation, 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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a sale<B> </B>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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a sale or other
disposition of at least 90% of the outstanding securities of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a merger, consolidation or
similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(iv)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(k)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Designated Affiliate</I></B>&#148; means any Affiliate selected by the Board as eligible to
participate in the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(l)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Designated
Company</I></B><I>&#148;</I> means a Designated Affiliate or Designated Related Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(m)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Designated Related Corporation</I></B>&#148; means any Related Corporation selected by the Board
as eligible to participate in the 423 Component. A Related Corporation incorporated in the United States is deemed selected by the Board as eligible to participate in the 423 Component, unless expressly otherwise provided by the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(n)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Director&#148;</I></B><I> </I>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"><B>(o)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Eligible Employee&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means an Employee who meets the requirements set forth in
the Offering for eligibility to participate in the Offering, provided that such Employee also meets the requirements for eligibility to participate set forth in the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(p)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Employee&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means any person, including Officers and Directors, who is treated
as an employee in the records of the Company, a Related Corporation 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. Consultants and independent contractors are not &#147;Employees&#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"><B>(q)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Employee Stock Purchase Plan&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means a plan that grants Purchase Rights
intended to be options issued under an &#147;employee stock purchase plan,&#148; as that term is defined in Section&nbsp;423(b) of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(r)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Exchange Act&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(i)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 for such stock 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 of determination, as reported in such source as 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 (or closing bid if no sales were reported) on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Sections 409A of the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(t)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#147;<B><I><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Component</I></B>&#148; means an employee stock purchase plan which is not intended to meet the requirements set forth in Code Section&nbsp;423 and the regulations thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(u)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I> &#147;Offering&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means the grant of Purchase Rights to purchase shares of Common
Stock under the Plan to Eligible Employees. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(v)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Offering Date&#148;</I></B> means a date
selected by the Board for an Offering to commence. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(w)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#147;</B><B><I>Officer</I></B><B>&#148;
</B>means<B> </B>a person who is an officer of the Company, an Affiliate or a Related Corporation within the meaning of 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"><B>(x)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Participant&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means an Eligible Employee who holds an outstanding Purchase
Right 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"><B>(y)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Plan&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means this NetScout Systems,
Inc. 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, including both the 423 and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-423</FONT> Components, as amended from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(z)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Purchase Date&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means one or more dates during an Offering established by the
Board on which Purchase Rights shall be exercised and as of which purchases of shares of Common Stock shall be carried out in accordance with such Offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(aa)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Purchase Period&#148;</I></B> means a period of time specified within an Offering beginning on
the Offering Date or on the next day following a Purchase Date within an Offering and ending on a Purchase Date. An Offering may consist of one or more Purchase Periods. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(bb)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Purchase Right&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means an 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"><B>(cc)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Related Corporation&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means any &#147;parent
corporation&#148; or &#147;subsidiary corporation&#148; of the Company whether now or subsequently established, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(dd)</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>&#147;Securities Act&#148;</I></B><I> </I>means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </P>
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