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      shares of Common Stock as may be issued to prevent dilution of the shares
      of Common Stock covered hereby resulting from stock splits, stock
      dividends or similar transactions.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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REQUIRED IN THE 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Cree, Inc. (&#8220;the
Registrant&#8221;) to register 900,000 shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant,
$0.00125 par value, issuable under the 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;), this Registration Statement omits the information
specified in Part I of Form S-8 and consists of only those items required by
General Instruction E to Form S-8.&#160;&#160;The documents containing the
information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the
Plan as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act.&#160;&#160;Such
documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration
Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule
424.</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the prior Registration Statement relating
to the Plan, Registration No. 333-129174 filed with the Commission on October
21, 2005, remains effective, and the contents of such Registration Statement are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by this
reference.</font></div>
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      3.</font></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></td>
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following documents filed with the Commission are hereby incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 29, 2008,
filed with the Commission on August 20, 2008;</font></div>
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Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28,
2008, filed&#160;with the Commission on October 23, 2008, and for the quarter
ended December 28, 2008, filed with the Commission on January 21,
2009;</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(c)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 30, 2008,&#160;August 19,
2008, August 22, 2008, September 29, 2008,&#160;October 31, 2008 and December
31, 2008;</font></div>
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    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(d)</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on January 29, 1993, and any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><br></div>
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description of the rights attached to the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in
the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 30, 2002, and
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</font></div>
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addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of such documents.&#160;&#160;However, any documents or portions
thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in the future, that are not
deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; with the Commission, including without limitation any information
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K or certain exhibits
furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
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statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.&#160;&#160;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
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      </div>
    </div>
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            <td width="5%">&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2">Item
      5.</font></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></td>
            <td width="30%">&#160;<font size="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Interests of Named Experts and
      Counsel.</font></font></td>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>The validity of the securities being
registered by this Registration Statement will be passed upon for the Registrant
by Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan, L.L.P., Raleigh,
North Carolina.&#160;&#160;As of the date of this Registration Statement,
certain current individual attorneys with Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett,
Mitchell &amp; Jernigan, L.L.P. beneficially own an aggregate of 3,050 shares of
the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">&#160;</div>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">
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            <td width="5%">&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><font size="2">Item
      8.</font></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font></td>
            <td width="30%">&#160;<font size="2"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Exhibits.</font></font></td>
          </tr>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left">
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left">
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt" align="left">
                    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
                        <tr>
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                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Exhibit
    No.</font></font></div>
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                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Description</font></font></div>
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                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">4.1</font></font></td>
                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Rights
      Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2002, between the Registrant and American
      Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, including the form of Rights
      Certificate and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock,
      attached thereto as Exhibits B&#160;and C, respectively (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.01 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 30,
  2002)</font></td>
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                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amendment
      No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2006, between the
      Registrant and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company (incorporated
      herein by reference to Exhibit 4.02 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on October 16,
      2006)</font></td>
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                        <tr>
                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">5.1</font></div>
                          </td>
                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%">
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Opinion
      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan,
      L.L.P.</font></div>
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                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">23.1</font></div>
                          </td>
                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%">
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      of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm</font></div>
                          </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">23.2</font></div>
                          </td>
                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%">
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      of Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &amp; Jernigan, L.L.P.
      (Contained in Exhibit 5.1)</font></div>
                          </td>
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                          <td align="left" valign="top" width="69%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Power
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                        </tr>
                        <tr>
                          <td align="justify" valign="top" width="11%">
                            <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">99.1</font></div>
                          </td>
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      Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended</font></div>
                          </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>
                  </div>
                </div>
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date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective
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included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act&#160;that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font></div>
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relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
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securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
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liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
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advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
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reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
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behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Durham,
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M. Swoboda and John T. Kurtzweil, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
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      Certificate and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock,
      attached thereto as Exhibits B&#160;and C, respectively (incorporated
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Silicon Drive</font></div>
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North Carolina 27703</font></div>
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acted as counsel for Cree, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;),
in connection with the registration on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Act&#8221;), of 900,000 shares of
common stock of the Company (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), with a par value of $0.00125 per
share, for issuance under the Company&#8217;s 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).</font></div>
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opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 8 of Form
S-8 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.</font></div>
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examined the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company; the Bylaws of
the Company, as amended; the minutes of the Board of Directors of the Company
relating to the approval of the Plan and the authorization and the issuance of
the Shares; the 2008 Proxy Statement regarding the proposal of the amendment of
the Plan for shareholder approval; the minutes of the 2008 annual shareholders&#8217;
meeting approving the amendment to the Plan; and such other corporate documents,
records, and matters of law as we have deemed necessary for purposes of this
opinion.&#160;&#160;In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the
conforming to originals of all documents submitted to us as certified copies or
photocopies, and the authenticity of originals of such latter
documents.&#160;&#160;We have also received a certificate of an officer of the
Company, dated of even date herewith, relating to the issuance of the Shares
pursuant to the Plan.</font></div>
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upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, it is our opinion that the Shares
that are being registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have been duly
authorized, and when issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance
with the Plan as described in the Registration Statement and upon either
(a)&#160;the countersigning of the certificates representing the Shares by a
duly authorized signatory of the registrar for the Company&#8217;s common stock, or
(b)&#160;the book entry of the Shares by the transfer agent for the Company&#8217;s
common stock,<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">&#160;</font>such
shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and
non-assessable.</font></div>
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express no opinion as to any matter other than as expressly set forth above, and
no opinion, other than the opinion given herein, may be inferred or implied
herefrom.&#160;&#160;This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of North
Carolina, and we express no opinion as to the laws of any other
jurisdiction.&#160;&#160;The opinion expressed herein does not extend to
compliance with federal and state securities laws relating to the sale of the
Shares.</font></div>
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consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to all references to us in the Registration Statement and any
amendment thereto.&#160;&#160;Such consent shall not be deemed to be an
admission that our firm is within the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Act or the regulations promulgated pursuant to
the Act.</font></div>
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opinion is as of the date hereof, and we do not undertake to advise you of
matters that might come to our attention subsequent to the date hereof which may
affect our legal opinion expressed herein.</font></div>
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consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">the 2005
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended) of Cree, Inc. of our reports dated
August 18, 2008, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Cree,
Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 29, 2008,
and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Cree, Inc.
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></font></div>
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corporation.</font></div>
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      salary, wages, performance bonuses, commissions, incentive compensation
      and overtime, and including any amounts the Employee elects to defer or
      exclude from income under a deferred compensation Plan or an employee
      benefit Plan of an Employer, but excluding relocation, equalization,
      patent, sign-on and make-up bonuses, expense reimbursements of all types,
      payments in lieu of expenses, meal allowances, commuting or automobile
      allowances, any payments (such as guaranteed bonuses in certain foreign
      jurisdictions) with respect to which salary reductions are not permitted
      by the laws of the applicable jurisdiction, income realized as a result of
      participation in any stock Plan, including without limitation any stock
      option, stock award, stock purchase, or similar Plan, of an Employer,
      Employer contributions to any qualified retirement Plan or other program
      of deferred compensation (except as provided above), Employer
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      an Employer in connection with fringe benefits and relocation, including
      gross-ups, and any amounts accrued for the benefit of the Employee, but
      not paid, during the period of
reference.</font></div>
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      other than such an individual who is subject to the laws of a country that
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      purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be treated as
      continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of
      absence approved by the Employer.&#160;&#160;Where the period of leave
      exceeds 90 days and the individual&#8217;s right to reemployment is not
      guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship
      shall be deemed to have terminated on the 91st day of such
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      market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National Market or
      The Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market
      Value shall be the closing price for such stock quoted on such exchange on
      the date of determination, as reported by the Nasdaq-Amex Reporting
      Service or such other source as the Board deems reliable, unless such date
      is not a Trading Day, in which case it shall be the closing price quoted
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      selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the
      closing price for such stock on the date of determination, as quoted by
      such source as the Board deems reliable, unless such date is not a Trading
      Day, in which case it shall be the closing price quoted on the last
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      respectively; provided, however, that the first Participation Period under
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      announced at least 10 days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first
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thereafter.</font></div>
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      shall mean an amount equal to the sum of (a) 85% of the Fair Market Value
      of a share of Common Stock on the Purchase Date, and (b) any transfer,
      excise, or similar tax imposed on the transaction pursuant to which such
      share of Stock is purchased.&#160;&#160;The Purchase Price may be adjusted
      by the Board pursuant to Section 18
hereof.</font></div>
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      Plan that have not been exercised and the number of shares of Common Stock
      that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but not placed under
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      Employees of Subsidiaries that become Designated Subsidiaries of the
      Company after an Enrollment Date but more than three (3) months prior to
      the next succeeding Enrollment Date to participate in the
      Plan.&#160;&#160;The Enrollment Date of a Special Participation Period
      shall be a date specified by the Board, and the last day of a Special
      Participation Period shall be the next succeeding Purchase Date under the
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      shall mean a corporation, domestic or foreign, other than the Company, in
      an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company, if, at the
      time of grant of an option under the Plan, each of the corporations other
      than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing 50%
      or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one
      of the other corporations in such
chain.</font></div>
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      are open for trading.</font></div>
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      Enrollment Date shall be eligible to participate in the
      Plan.&#160;&#160;The foregoing notwithstanding, only employees of the
      applicable Designated Subsidiary shall be eligible to participate in a
      Special Participation Period.</font></div>
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      provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee shall
      be granted an option under the Plan to the extent that (i) immediately
      after such grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock would be
      attributed to such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would
      own capital stock (and/or hold outstanding options to purchase capital
      stock) representing 5% or more of the total combined voting power or value
      of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary,
      or (ii) the Employee&#8217;s rights to purchase stock under all employee stock
      purchase plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries accrues at a rate that
      exceeds $25,000 of stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the
      shares on the date of grant) for each calendar year in which such option
      is outstanding at any time (or such lower limitations that may be imposed
      with respect to eligible Employees who are subject to laws of a foreign
      jurisdiction where lower limitations are
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      eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan by completing a
      subscription agreement in a form provided by the Board authorizing payroll
      deductions and contributions of Interest and filing it with the Company&#8217;s
      stock plan administrator at such time in advance of the applicable
      Enrollment Date as the Board may prescribe, or through telephone or other
      electronic arrangements as the Board may prescribe.&#160;&#160;To the
      extent an Employer is subject to rules of a foreign country that prohibit
      payroll deductions with respect to any eligible Employee, the Company may
      authorize alternative methods by which such eligible Employee can elect to
      participate in the Plan.</font></div>
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      deductions for a Participant shall begin with the first pay day following
      the Enrollment Date and shall end with the last pay day in the
      Participation Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless
      sooner terminated by the Participant as provided in Section 9
      hereof.</font></div>
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      the time a Participant files a subscription agreement, the Participant
      shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each pay day during the
      Participation Period not exceeding 15% of the
</font></div>
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      that the Participant receives on each pay day during the Participation
      Period.&#160;&#160;In addition, Interest shall accrue on the Participant&#8217;s
      account and be used to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan each
      Purchase Date.</font></div>
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      payroll deductions made for a Participant shall be credited to the
      Participant&#8217;s account under the Plan and shall be withheld in whole
      percentages only.&#160;&#160;All Interest accrued under the Plan shall be
      credited to a Participant&#8217;s account under the
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      Participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as
      provided in Section 9 hereof or may decrease to as low as 0% the rate of
      his or her payroll deductions by completing and filing with the Company a
      new subscription agreement authorizing a change in payroll deduction
      rate.&#160;&#160;A change in rate shall be effective with the first full
      payroll period that begins after the Company receives the new subscription
      agreement.</font></div>
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      Participation Periods unless specified otherwise or changed or terminated
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      calendar-year accrual and the 5% ownership limitations set forth in
      Section 3(b), a Participant&#8217;s payroll deductions may be decreased to 0%
      and the Participant&#8217;s Interest accruals may cease at any time prior to a
      Purchase Date.&#160;&#160;Payroll deductions at the rate provided in such
      Participant&#8217;s subscription agreement and Interest accruals shall resume
      immediately following such Purchase Date, unless terminated by the
      Participant as provided in Section 9
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">6.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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      Option</font>.&#160;&#160;On the Enrollment Date of each Participation
      Period, each Participant shall be granted an option to purchase on the
      Purchase Date of the Participation Period at the applicable Purchase Price
      up to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the sum
      of the Participant&#8217;s payroll deductions accumulated prior to such Purchase
      Date and retained in the Participant&#8217;s account plus the Interest accrued
      on such payroll deductions, by the applicable Purchase Price; provided,
      however, that in no event shall a Participant be permitted to purchase on
      any Purchase Date more than 2,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to
      adjustment pursuant to Section 17), and provided further that such
      purchase shall be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(b)
      and 12.&#160;&#160;The Board may, in its absolute discretion, for future
      Participation Periods increase or decrease the maximum number of shares of
      Common Stock a Participant may purchase on a Purchase
      Date.&#160;&#160;Exercise of an option shall occur as provided in Section
      7, unless the Participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section
    9.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">7.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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      Option</font>.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <td>
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      a Participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 9, the
      Participant&#8217;s option shall be exercised automatically on each Purchase
      Date, and the maximum number of full shares subject to the option shall be
      purchased for the Participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the
      accumulated payroll deductions and Interest in the Participant&#8217;s
      account.&#160;&#160;No fractional shares shall be
      purchased.&#160;&#160;Any payroll deductions and Interest accumulated in a
      Participant&#8217;s account that are not sufficient to purchase a full share or
      that exceed the amount necessary to purchase the maximum number of shares
      specified in Section 6 shall be retained in the Participant&#8217;s account
      until the next Purchase Date, subject to earlier withdrawal by the
      Participant as provided in Section
9.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
      the Board determines that on a given Purchase Date the number of shares
      with respect to which options are to be exercised exceed the number of
      shares of Common Stock available for sale under the Plan as of such
      Purchase Date, the Board may, in its sole discretion, provide that the
      Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock
      available for purchase on such Purchase Date in as uniform a manner as
      shall be practicable and as it shall determine in its sole discretion to
      be equitable among all Participants. With respect to any payroll
      deductions and Interest accumulated in a Participant&#8217;s account that are
      not used to purchase shares of Common
</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
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      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">
        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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                </td>
                <td>
                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Stock
      in a Participation Period pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Board
      shall, in its sole discretion, (i) direct payment of such payroll
      deductions and Interest to the Participant, or (ii) retain such deductions
      and Interest in a Participant&#8217;s account in anticipation of authorization
      of additional shares for issuance under the Plan by the Company&#8217;s
      stockholders with respect to a subsequent Participation
      Period.&#160;&#160;In the event the Board, in its sole discretion,
      determines that it shall not seek authorization from the Company&#8217;s
      stockholders for additional shares for issuance under the Plan with
      respect to a subsequent Participation Period, the Plan shall automatically
      terminate.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      rights to purchase Common Stock offered on a Purchase Date must be
      exercised within five (5) years of such Purchase
  Date.</font></div>
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            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Delivery</font>.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 72pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
      promptly as practicable after each Purchase Date, the Company shall
      arrange the delivery, electronically or otherwise, to accounts in the
      Participants&#8217; names at a brokerage company selected by the Company of the
      shares purchased upon exercise of options.&#160;&#160;At the election of
      the Participant, such account shall be set up in the name of the
      Participant or the names of the Participant and his or her
      spouse.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 72pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
      Participant may withdraw certificates from his or her shares of Common
      Stock credited to his or her brokerage account at any time (subject to
      reasonable costs, which are the responsibility of the Participant) by a
      written request for such withdrawal delivered to the Board or through
      telephone or other electronic arrangements as may be established by the
      Board.&#160;&#160;Any stock certificate distributed to a Participant may
      contain a legend requiring notification to the Company of any transfer or
      sale of the shares of Common Stock prior to the date two years after the
      beginning date of a Participation Period pursuant to which the shares were
      purchased.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">9.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Withdrawal</font>.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 72pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
      Participant may withdraw all, but not less than all, of the payroll
      deductions and Interest credited to the Participant&#8217;s account at any time
      by giving written notice to the Company in a form provided by the
      Company.&#160;&#160;Such payroll deductions and Interest shall be paid to
      the Participant promptly after receipt of the Participant&#8217;s notice of
      withdrawal.&#160;&#160;The Participant&#8217;s option for the Participation
      Period shall automatically terminate, and no further payroll deductions
      for the purchase of shares shall be made and no further Interest shall
      accrue for such Participation Period.&#160;&#160;If a Participant
      withdraws from a Participation Period, payroll deductions for the
      Participant&#8217;s account and Interest accruals shall not resume at the
      beginning of the next succeeding Participation Period unless the
      Participant delivers to the Company a new subscription
      agreement.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 72pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
      Participant&#8217;s withdrawal from a Participation Period shall not have any
      effect upon the Participant&#8217;s eligibility to participate in any similar
      Plan that may thereafter be adopted by an Employer or in any succeeding
      Participation Period that begins after the Participation Period from which
      the Participant withdraws.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">10.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Termination of
      Employment</font>.&#160;&#160;Upon a Participant&#8217;s ceasing to be an
      Employee for any reason, the Participant shall be deemed to have withdrawn
      from the Plan, and the payroll deductions and Interest credited to the
      Participant&#8217;s account under the Plan during the Participation Period but
      not yet used to exercise the Participant&#8217;s option shall be returned and
      paid to the Participant.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td align="right" style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Interest</font>.&#160;&#160;Interest
      shall accrue on the payroll deductions of a Participant in the
      Plan.&#160;&#160;The Interest rate and the manner of crediting Interest to
      Participant&#8217;s accounts under the Plan shall be determined by the Board in
      its sole discretion.</font></div>
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            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">12.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Stock</font>.</font></div>
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            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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            <tr valign="top">
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Subject
      to adjustment pursuant to Section 17, the maximum number of shares of the
      Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan is one million five
      hundred thousand (1,500,000) shares.&#160;&#160;Such shares shall be made
      available from Common Stock currently authorized but
    unissued.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Participants
      shall have no interest or voting rights in shares covered by options until
      such options have been exercised.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(a)&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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      Plan shall be administered by the Board.&#160;&#160;The Board shall have
      the authority and power to administer the Plan and to make, adopt,
      construe, and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with the
      provisions of the Plan.&#160;&#160;The Board shall adopt and prescribe the
      contents of all forms required in connection with the administration of
      the Plan, including, but not limited to, the subscription agreement,
      payroll withholding authorizations, withdrawal documents, and all other
      notices required hereunder.&#160;&#160;The Board shall have full and
      exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply the
      terms of the Plan, to determine eligibility and to adjudicate all disputed
      claims filed under the Plan.&#160;&#160;Every finding, decision and
      determination made by the Board shall, to the full extent permitted by
      law, be final and binding upon all
parties.</font></div>
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      the foregoing, the Board may delegate, by resolutions adopted prior to or
      after the effective date of this Plan, any or all of its authority and
      responsibilities hereunder to such individual(s) or committee (which may
      be comprised of Employees, members of the Board, or a combination thereof)
      as the Board shall designate, to the extent such delegation is permitted
      by applicable law, the articles and bylaws of the Company and the
      applicable stock exchange or national market system rules.&#160;&#160;In
      the event of such delegation, all references herein to the Board shall, to
      the extent applicable, be deemed to refer to and include such
      individual(s) or committee.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Transferability</font>.&#160;&#160;No
      payroll deductions or Interest credited to a Participant&#8217;s account under
      the Plan and no rights with regard to the exercise of an option under the
      Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any
      way by the Participant (other than by will or the laws of descent and
      distribution).&#160;&#160;Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge
      or other disposition shall be without effect, except that the Company may
      treat such act as an election to withdraw from the Plan in accordance with
      Section 9 hereof.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Use of
      Funds</font>.&#160;&#160;Payroll deductions and Interest received or held
      by an Employer under the Plan may be used by such Employer for any
      corporate purpose.&#160;&#160;The Employer shall not be obligated to
      segregate such payroll deductions and
Interest.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Reports</font>.&#160;&#160;Individual
      accounts shall be maintained for each Participant in the
      Plan.&#160;&#160;Statements of account shall be given to Participants
      following each Purchase Date, which statements shall set forth the amounts
      of payroll deductions and Interest, the Purchase Price, the number of
      shares purchased and the remaining cash balance, if
  any.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Adjustments Upon
      Changes in Capitalization, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Asset
      Sale</font>.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Subject
      to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the Reserves,
      the maximum number of shares each Participant may purchase on a Purchase
      Date and the price per share and the number of shares of Common Stock
      covered by each outstanding option shall be proportionately adjusted for
      any increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock
      resulting from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend,
      combination or reclassification of the Common Stock or any other increase
      or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock effected without
      receipt of consideration by the Company.&#160;&#160;The conversion of
      </font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been &#8220;effected
      without receipt of consideration.&#8221;&#160;&#160;Such adjustments shall be
      made by the Board, whose determination shall be final, binding and
      conclusive.&#160;&#160;Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by
      the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible
      into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by
      reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of
      shares of Common Stock subject to an
option.</font></div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the
      Participation Periods then in progress shall be shortened by setting a new
      Purchase Date (the &#8220;New Purchase Date&#8221;) and shall terminate immediately
      prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation,
      unless provided otherwise by the Board.&#160;&#160;The New Purchase Date
      shall be prior to the date of the Company&#8217;s proposed dissolution or
      liquidation.&#160;&#160;The Board shall notify each Participant in writing
      at least 10 business days prior to the New Purchase Date that the Purchase
      Date for the Participant&#8217;s option has been changed to the New Purchase
      Date and that the Participant&#8217;s option shall be exercised automatically on
      the New Purchase Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has
      withdrawn from the Participation Period as provided in Section
      9.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
      the Company, or the merger of the Company with or into another
      corporation, outstanding options shall be assumed or equivalent options
      substituted by the successor corporation or a parent or Subsidiary of the
      successor corporation.&#160;&#160;In the event that the successor
      corporation refuses to assume or substitute for the options, the
      Participation Periods then in progress shall be shortened by setting a New
      Purchase Date.&#160;&#160;The New Purchase Date shall be prior to the date
      of the Company&#8217;s proposed sale or merger.&#160;&#160;The Board shall
      notify each Participant in writing at least 10 business days prior to the
      New Purchase Date that the Purchase Date for the Participant&#8217;s option has
      been changed to the New Purchase Date and that the Participant&#8217;s option
      shall be exercised automatically on the New Purchase Date, unless prior to
      such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Participation Period as
      provided in Section 9.</font></div>
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Amendment or
      Termination</font>.</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Board may at any time and for any reason amend the Plan without the
      consent of stockholders or Participants, except that any such action shall
      be subject to the approval of the Company&#8217;s stockholders at or before the
      next annual meeting of stockholders for which the record date is set after
      such Board action if such stockholder approval is required by any federal
      or state law or regulation or the rules of any stock exchange or automated
      quotation system on which the Stock may then be listed or quoted, and the
      Board may otherwise in its discretion determine to submit other such
      changes to the Plan to stockholders for approval; provided, however, that
      no such action may (i) without the consent of an affected Participant,
      materially impair the rights of such Participant with respect to any
      shares of Common Stock theretofore purchased for him or her under the
      Plan, or (ii) disqualify the Plan under Section 423 of the
      Code.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Without
      stockholder consent and without regard to whether any Participant rights
      may be considered to have been adversely affected, the Board shall be
      entitled to change the Participation Periods, limit the frequency and/or
      number of changes permitted in the amount withheld during a Participation
      Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a
      currency other than U. S. Dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of
      the amount designated by a Participant in order to adjust for delays or
      mistakes in the Employer&#8217;s processing of properly completed withholding
      elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or
      accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward
      the purchase of Common Stock for each Participant properly correspond to
      amounts withheld from the Participant&#8217;s Compensation, change the Interest
      Rate and the manner of crediting Interest to a Participant&#8217;s account, and
      establish such other limitations and procedures that the Board determines
      in its sole discretion advisable and that are consistent with the
      Plan.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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      the Board determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in
      unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Board may, in its
      discretion and to the extent necessary or desirable, modify or amend the
      Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequences, including, but
      not limited to:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">
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      the Purchase Price for any Participation Period, including a Participation
      Period underway at the time of the change in Purchase
    Price;</font></div>
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      any Participation Period so that the Participation Period ends on a new
      Purchase Date, including a Participation Period underway at the time of
      the Board action; and</font></div>
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      terms of the Plan in order to conform such terms to the requirements of a
      jurisdiction outside of the United States in which an eligible Employee is
      located in order to meet the goals and objective of the Plan; establish
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      rules and procedures to facilitate the operation of the Plan in such
      jurisdictions.&#160;&#160;For purposes of clarity, the terms and
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      outside of the United States shall be reflected in a written addendum to
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      similar taxes imposed on the transaction pursuant to which any shares of
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      or (iii) disposition of Common Stock purchased hereunder gives rise to any
      tax withholding obligation (including, without limitation, income and
      payroll withholding taxes imposed by any jurisdiction), the Board may
      implement appropriate procedures to ensure that such tax withholding
      obligations are met. Such procedures may include, without limitation,
      increased withholding from an Employee&#8217;s current compensation, cash
      payments to an Employer by an Employee, or a sale of a portion of the
      Common Stock purchased under the Plan, which sale may be required and
      initiated by the Company. Any such procedure, including offering choices
      among procedures, will be applied consistently with respect to all
      similarly situated Employees participating in the Plan (or in an offering
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      foreign, including, without limitation, the Code, the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
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      case of a change in an applicable statute, had been deleted as of the date
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      of Common Stock held and the details of all options or any other
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      may be transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or to any
      third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and
      management of the Plan, including any requisite transfer to a broker or
      other third party assisting with the exercise of options under the Plan or
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