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SEATTLE GENETICS, INC. 1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SEATTLE GENETICS, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(as amended, effective May&nbsp;12, 2006) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">1. <U>Purposes of the Plan</U>. The purposes of this 1998 Stock Option Plan are to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants of
the Company and its Subsidiaries and to promote the success of the Company&#146;s business. Options granted under the Plan may be incentive stock options (as defined under Section&nbsp;422 of the Code) or nonstatutory stock options, as determined by
the Administrator at the time of grant of an option and subject to the applicable provisions of Section&nbsp;422 of the Code, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. In addition, the Plan provides for the grant of Stock Awards.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. <U>Definitions</U>. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) &#147;<U>Administrator</U>&#148; means the Board or any of its Committees appointed pursuant to Section&nbsp;4 of the Plan.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) &#147;<U>Affiliate</U>&#148; means an entity other than a Subsidiary in which the Company owns an equity interest or
which, together with the Company, is under common control of a third person or entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) &#147;<U>Applicable
Laws</U>&#148; means the legal requirements relating to the administration of stock option and restricted stock purchase plans under applicable U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and applicable state securities laws, the Code, any stock
exchange rules or regulations and the applicable laws of any other country or jurisdiction where Options or Stock Purchase Rights are granted under the Plan, as such laws, rules, regulations and requirements shall be in place from time to time.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) &#147;<U>Board</U>&#148; means the Board of Directors of the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148; means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) &#147;<U>Committee</U>&#148; means the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section&nbsp;4(a) and
(b)&nbsp;of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148; means the Common Stock of the Company. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148; means Seattle Genetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) &#147;<U>Consultant</U>&#148; means any person, including an advisor, who is engaged
by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary to render services and is compensated for such services, and any director of the Company whether compensated for such services or not. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) &#147;<U>Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant</U>&#148; means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as
an Employee or Consultant. Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant shall not be considered interrupted in the case of:&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;sick leave; (ii)&nbsp;military leave; (iii)&nbsp;any other leave of absence approved by the Administrator,
provided that such leave is for a period of not more than ninety (90)&nbsp;days, unless re-employment upon the expiration of such leave is guaranteed by contract or statute, or unless provided otherwise pursuant to Company policy adopted from time
to time; or (iv)&nbsp;in the case of transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective successors. For purposes of this Plan, a change in status from an Employee to a Consultant or from a
Consultant to an Employee will not constitute an interruption of Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k)
&#147;<U>Director</U>&#148; means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) &#147;<U>Employee</U>&#148; means
any person (including, if appropriate, Officers, Directors and Named Executives) employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, with the status of employment determined based upon such minimum number of hours or periods worked
as shall be determined by the Administrator in its discretion, subject to any requirements of the Code. The payment of a director&#146;s fee by the Company to a Director shall not be sufficient to constitute &#147;employment&#148; of such Director
by the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(m) &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148; means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(n) &#147;<U>Fair Market Value</U>&#148; means, as of any date, the fair market value of Common Stock determined as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system including without limitation the
National Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System (&#147;Nasdaq&#148;), its Fair Market Value shall be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported), as quoted
on such system or exchange, or the exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock for the last market trading day prior to the time of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator
deems reliable; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) If the Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq (but not on the National Market thereof) or regularly
quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock for the last market trading day prior to </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the time of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the
Administrator. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(o) &#147;<U>Incentive Stock Option</U>&#148; means an Option intended to qualify as an incentive stock
option within the meaning of Section&nbsp;422 of the Code, as designated in the applicable written Option Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(p)
&#147;<U>Listed Security</U>&#148; means any security of the Company that is listed or approved for listing on a national securities exchange or designated or approved for designation as a national market system security on an interdealer quotation
system by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(q) &#147;<U>Named Executive</U>&#148; means any individual
who, on the last day of the Company&#146;s fiscal year, is the chief executive officer of the Company (or is acting in such capacity) or among the four most highly compensated officers of the Company (other than the chief executive officer)<B>.
</B>Such officer status shall be determined pursuant to the executive compensation disclosure rules under the Exchange Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(r) &#147;<U>Nonstatutory Stock Option</U>&#148; means an Option not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, as designated in the applicable written Option Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(s) &#147;<U>Option</U>&#148; means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(t) &#147;<U>Option Agreement</U>&#148; means a written agreement between an Optionee and the Company reflecting the terms of an Option
granted under the Plan and includes any documents attached to such Option Agreement, including, but not limited to, a notice of stock option grant and a form of exercise notice. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(u) &#147;<U>Optioned Stock</U>&#148; means the Common Stock subject to an Option. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(v) &#147;<U>Optionee</U>&#148; means an Employee or Consultant who receives an Option or a Stock Award. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(w) &#147;<U>Parent</U>&#148; means a &#147;parent corporation,&#148; whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section&nbsp;424(e)
of the Code, or any successor provision. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(x) &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148; means this 1998 Stock Option Plan. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(y) &#147;<U>Reporting Person</U>&#148; means an officer, director, or greater than ten percent (10%)&nbsp;stockholder of the Company
within the meaning of Rule 16a-2 under the Exchange Act, who is required to file reports pursuant to Rule 16a-3 under the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(z) &#147;<U>Rule 16b-3</U>&#148; means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as
the same may be amended from time to time, or any successor provision. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(aa) &#147;<U>Share</U>&#148; means a share of the
Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section&nbsp;13 of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(bb) &#147;<U>Stock Award</U>&#148; means shares
of Common Stock acquired pursuant to a grant of a Stock Award under Section&nbsp;11 below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(cc) &#147;<U>Stock Award
Agreement</U>&#148; means a written agreement between and Optionee and the Company reflecting the terms of a Stock Award granted under the Plan and includes any documents attached to such Stock Award Agreement. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(dd) &#147;<U>Stock Exchange</U>&#148; means any stock exchange or consolidated stock price reporting system on which prices for the
Common Stock are quoted at any given time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ee) &#147;<U>Subsidiary</U>&#148; means a &#147;subsidiary corporation,&#148;
whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section&nbsp;424(f) of the Code, or any successor provision. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ff)
&#147;<U>Ten Percent Holder</U>&#148; means a person who owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%)&nbsp;of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. <U>Stock Subject to the Plan</U>. Subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;12 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of shares that may be
optioned and sold under the Plan is 4,400,000 shares of Common Stock, plus an automatic annual increase on the first day of each of the Company&#146;s fiscal years beginning in 2002 and ending in 2008 equal to the lesser of (i)&nbsp;1,200,000
Shares, (ii)&nbsp;four percent (4.0%)&nbsp;of the Shares outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii)&nbsp;such lesser number of shares as is determined by the Board of Directors. The shares may be authorized, but
unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. If an Option should expire or become unexercisable for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares that were subject thereto shall, unless the Plan shall have been terminated, become
available for future grant under the Plan. In addition, any shares of Common Stock which are retained by the Company upon exercise of an Option in order to satisfy the exercise price for such Option or any withholding taxes due with respect to such
exercise or the vesting or earlier tax recognition of a Stock Award shall be treated as not issued and shall continue to be available under the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. <U>Administration of the Plan</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>General</U>. The Plan shall be administered by
the Board or a Committee, or a combination thereof, as determined by the Board. The Plan may be administered by different administrative bodies with respect to different classes of Optionees and, if permitted by the Applicable Laws, the Board may
authorize one or more officers (who may (but need not) be Officers) to grant Options and Stock Awards to Employees and Consultants. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Administration With Respect to Reporting Persons</U>. With respect to Options and
Stock Awards granted to Reporting Persons and Named Executives, the Plan may (but need not) be administered so as to permit such Options and Stock Awards to qualify for the exemption set forth in Rule 16b-3 and to qualify as performance-based
compensation under Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Committee Composition</U>. If a Committee has been appointed
pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4, such Committee shall continue to serve in its designated capacity until otherwise directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may increase the size of any Committee and appoint additional members thereof,
remove members (with or without cause) and appoint new members in substitution therefor, fill vacancies (however caused) and remove all members of a Committee and thereafter directly administer the Plan, all to the extent permitted by the Applicable
Laws and, in the case of a Committee administering the Plan pursuant to Section&nbsp;4(b) above, to the extent permitted or required by Rule 16b-3 and Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Powers of the Administrator</U>. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and in the case of a Committee, the specific duties
delegated by the Board to such Committee, and subject to the approval of any relevant authorities, including the approval, if required, of any Stock Exchange, and in the case of item (viii)&nbsp;below, subject to prior stockholder approval, the
Administrator shall have the authority, in its discretion: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) to determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, in
accordance with Section&nbsp;2(n) of the Plan; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) to select the Consultants and Employees to whom Options and Stock
Awards may from time to time be granted hereunder; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) to determine whether and to what extent Options and Stock Awards
are granted hereunder; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv) to determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Option and Stock Award
granted hereunder; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(v) to approve forms of agreement for use under the Plan; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(vi) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Option and Stock Award granted hereunder;
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(vii) to determine whether and under what circumstances an Option may be settled in cash under Section&nbsp;10(f) instead
of Common Stock; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(viii) to reduce the exercise price of any Option to the then current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market
Value of the Common Stock covered by such Option shall have declined since the date the Option was granted; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ix) to
construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Options and Stock Awards granted under the Plan; </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(x) in order to fulfill the purposes of the Plan and without amending the Plan, to modify
grants of Options and Stock Awards to participants who are foreign nationals or employed outside of the United States in order to recognize differences in local law, tax policies or customs. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) <U>Effect of Administrator&#146;s Decision</U>. All decisions, determinations and interpretations of the Administrator shall be final
and binding on all Optionees. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. <U>Eligibility</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Recipients of Grants</U>. Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock Awards may be granted to Employees and Consultants. Incentive Stock
Options may be granted only to Employees, provided however that Employees of an Affiliate shall not be eligible to receive Incentive Stock Options. An Employee or Consultant who has been granted an Option or Stock Award may, if he or she is
otherwise eligible, be granted additional Options and Stock Awards. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Type of Option</U>. Each Option shall be
designated in the Option Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. However, notwithstanding such designations, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Options
designated as Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by any Optionee during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds $100,000, such excess Options shall be treated as Nonstatutory
Stock Options. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;5(b), Incentive Stock Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to an Incentive Stock Option shall be determined as
of the date of the grant of such Option. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Employment Relationship</U>. The Plan shall not confer upon any Optionee
any right with respect to continuation of employment or consulting relationship with the Company, nor shall it interfere in any way with such Optionee&#146;s right or the Company&#146;s right to terminate his or her employment or consulting
relationship at any time, with or without cause. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6. <U>Term of Plan</U>. The Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its
adoption by the Board of Directors or its approval by the stockholders of the Company as described in Section&nbsp;20 of the Plan. It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10)&nbsp;years from the date of obtaining stockholder approval on
December&nbsp;22, 1997, unless sooner terminated under Section&nbsp;16 of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7. <U>Term of Option</U>. The term of each Option
shall be the term stated in the Option Agreement; provided, however, that the term shall be no more than ten&nbsp;(10) years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option Agreement. However, in the case of an
Incentive Stock Option granted to an Optionee who, at the time the Option is granted, is a Ten Percent Holder, the term of the Option shall be five (5)&nbsp;years from the date of grant thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Option
Agreement. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8. <U>Limitation on Grants to Employees</U>. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section&nbsp;12 below,
the maximum number of Shares which may be subject to Options and Stock Awards granted to any one Employee under this Plan for any fiscal year of the Company shall be 1,000,000 Shares. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9. <U>Option Exercise Price and Consideration</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option shall be such price as is determined by the Board and set forth in the applicable Option Agreement, but shall be subject
to the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) granted to an Employee who, at the time of the grant of such Incentive Stock Option, is a Ten Percent Holder, the per Share exercise
price shall be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(B) granted to any other Employee, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option that is: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) granted prior to the date, if any, on which the Common Stock becomes a Listed Security, to a person who, at the time of the grant of
such Option, is a Ten Percent Holder, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of the grant; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) granted to a person who, at the time of grant of such Option, is a Named Executive Officer of the Company, the per Share exercise
price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant if such Option is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under section 162(m) of the Code; or </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C) granted prior to the date, if any, on which the Common Stock becomes a Listed Security to any person other than a Named Executive or
a Ten Percent Holder, the per Share exercise price shall be no less than 85% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant if required by the Applicable Laws and, if not so required, shall be such price as is determined by the
Administrator. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options may be granted with a per Share exercise price other than as
required above pursuant to a merger or other corporate transaction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The consideration to be paid for the Shares to be
issued upon exercise of an Option, including the method of payment, shall be determined by the </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Administrator (and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, shall be determined at the time of grant) and may consist entirely of (i)&nbsp;cash,
(ii)&nbsp;check, (iii)&nbsp;if permitted by Company policy and subject to Section&nbsp;153 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a promissory note in the form prescribed by the Company, (iv)&nbsp;other Shares that (x)&nbsp;in the case of Shares
acquired upon exercise of an Option, have been owned by the Optionee for more than six months on the date of surrender or such other period as may be required to avoid a charge to the Company&#146;s earnings, and (y)&nbsp;have a Fair Market Value on
the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which such Option shall be exercised, (v)&nbsp;authorization for the Company to retain from the total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised that number of
Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price for the total number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised, (vi)&nbsp;delivery of a properly executed exercise notice together with such other
documentation as the Administrator and the broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option and delivery to the Company of the sale or loan proceeds required to pay the exercise price and any applicable income or employment
taxes, (vii)&nbsp;delivery of an irrevocable subscription agreement for the Shares that irrevocably obligates the option holder to take and pay for the Shares not more than twelve&nbsp;months after the date of delivery of the subscription agreement,
(8)&nbsp;any combination of the foregoing methods of payment, or (9)&nbsp;such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws. In making its determination as to the type of
consideration to accept, the Administrator shall consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to benefit the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">10. <U>Exercise of Option</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder</U>. Any Option granted
hereunder shall be exercisable at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Option Agreement, including performance criteria with respect to the Company and/or the Optionee, and as shall be
permissible under the terms of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An Option shall be deemed to be exercised when written or electronic notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance
with the terms of the Option Agreement by the person entitled to exercise the Option and the Company has received full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised. Full payment may, as authorized by the Board, consist of any
consideration and method of payment allowable under Section&nbsp;9(b) of the Plan and the Option Agreement. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company)
of the stock certificate evidencing such Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock, not withstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company shall issue (or
cause to be issued) such stock certificate promptly upon exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">other right for which the record date is prior to the date the stock certificate is issued, except as provided in Section&nbsp;13 of the Plan. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease in the number of Shares that thereafter may be available, both for purposes
of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Termination
of Employment or Consulting Relationship</U>. In the event of termination of an Optionee&#146;s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant with the Company, such Optionee may, but only within three (3)&nbsp;months (or such other period of time
not less than thirty (30)&nbsp;days as is determined by the Administrator, with such determination in the case of an Incentive Stock Option being made at the time of grant of the Option and not exceeding three (3)&nbsp;months) after the date of such
termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise his or her Option to the extent that the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To
the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of such termination, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. No termination
shall be deemed to occur and this Section&nbsp;10(b) shall not apply if (i)&nbsp;the Optionee is a Consultant who becomes an Employee; or (ii)&nbsp;the Optionee is an Employee who becomes a Consultant. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Disability of Optionee</U>. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section&nbsp;10(b) above, in the event of termination of an
Optionee&#146;s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant as a result of his or her total and permanent disability (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;22(e)(3) of the Code), Optionee may, but only within twelve (12)&nbsp;months from the date of
such termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), exercise the Option to the extent otherwise entitled to exercise it at the date of such termination. To the extent
that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of termination, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Death of Optionee</U>. In the event of the death of an Optionee during the period of Continuous Status as an Employee or
Consultant, or within thirty&nbsp;(30) days following the termination of the Optionee&#146;s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant, the Option may be exercised, at any time within six (6)&nbsp;months following the date of death (but in no
event later than the expiration date of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement), by the Optionee&#146;s estate or by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option by bequest or inheritance, but only to the extent the
Optionee was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of death or, if earlier, the date of termination of the Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant. To the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option at the date of death
or termination, as the case may be, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option to the extent so entitled within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate. </FONT></P>

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authority to extend the period of time for which an Option is to remain exercisable following termination of an Optionee&#146;s Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant from the periods set forth in Sections&nbsp;10(b), 10(c) and 10(d) above
or in the Option Agreement to such greater time as the Board shall deem appropriate, provided that in no event shall such Option be exercisable later than the date of expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Option Agreement.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) <U>Rule 16b-3</U>. Options granted to Reporting Persons shall comply with Rule&nbsp;16b-3 and shall contain such
additional conditions or restrictions as may be required thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption for Plan transactions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(g) <U>Buyout Provisions</U>. The Administrator may at any time offer to buy out for a payment in cash or Shares, an Option previously granted, based on such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish and communicate to the
Optionee at the time that such offer is made. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11. <U>Stock Awards</U>. Stock Awards shall be subject to the terms, conditions and
restrictions determined by the Administrator at the time the stock is awarded; provided, however, that a Stock Award must have a minimum vesting period of one (1)&nbsp;year from date of grant. The Administrator may require the recipient to sign a
Stock Award Agreement as a condition of the award. The certificates representing the shares of Stock awarded shall bear such legends as shall be determined by the Administrator. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12. <U>Taxes</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) As a
condition of the exercise of an Option and the issuance of a Stock Award granted under the Plan, the Optionee (or in the case of the Optionee&#146;s death, the person exercising the Option) shall make such arrangements as the Administrator may
require for the satisfaction of any applicable federal, state, local or foreign withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise of the Option or the vesting or earlier tax recognition of a Stock Award and the issuance of
Shares under the applicable Award. The Company shall not be required to issue any Shares under the Plan until such obligations are satisfied. If the Administrator allows the withholding or surrender of Shares to satisfy an Optionee&#146;s tax
withholding obligations under this Section&nbsp;12 (whether pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(c), (d)&nbsp;or (e), or otherwise), the Administrator shall not allow Shares to be withheld in an amount that exceeds the minimum statutory withholding rates for
federal and state tax purposes, including payroll taxes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) In the case of an Employee and in the absence of any other
arrangement, the Employee shall be deemed to have directed the Company to withhold or collect from his or her compensation an amount sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations from the next payroll payment otherwise payable after the date of an
exercise of the Option or the vesting or earlier tax recognition of a Stock Award or the issuance of Shares. </FONT></P>

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Common Stock becomes a Listed Security. In the case of an Optionee other than an Employee (or in the case of an Employee where the next payroll payment is not sufficient to satisfy such tax obligations, with respect to any remaining tax
obligations), in the absence of any other arrangement and to the extent permitted under the Applicable Laws, the Optionee shall be deemed to have elected to have the Company withhold from the Shares to be issued upon exercise of the Option or the
vesting or earlier tax recognition of a Stock Award that number of Shares having a Fair Market Value determined as of the applicable Tax Date (as defined below) equal to the amount required to be withheld. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;12, the
Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld shall be determined on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined under the Applicable Laws (the &#147;<U>Tax Date</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) If permitted by the Administrator, in its discretion, an Optionee may satisfy his or her tax withholding obligations upon exercise of
an Option or the vesting or earlier tax recognition of a Stock Award by surrendering to the Company Shares that have a Fair Market Value determined as of the applicable Tax Date equal to the amount required to be withheld. In the case of shares
previously acquired from the Company that are surrendered under this Section&nbsp;12(d), such Shares must have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6)&nbsp;months on the date of surrender (or such other period of time as is required for the
Company to avoid adverse accounting charges). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Any election or deemed election by an Optionee to have Shares withheld to
satisfy tax withholding obligations under Section&nbsp;12(c) or (d)&nbsp;above shall be irrevocable as to the particular Shares as to which the election is made and shall be subject to the consent or disapproval of the Administrator. Any election by
an Optionee under Section&nbsp;12(d) above must be made on or prior to the applicable Tax Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) In the event an
election to have Shares withheld is made by an Optionee and the Tax Date is deferred under Section&nbsp;83 of the Code because no election is filed under Section&nbsp;83(b) of the Code, the Optionee shall receive the full number of Shares with
respect to which the Option is exercised or the Stock Award is issued but such Optionee shall be unconditionally obligated to tender back to the Company the proper number of Shares on the Tax Date. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13. <U>Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization; Corporate Transactions</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Changes in Capitalization</U>. Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of shares of Common
Stock covered by each outstanding Option and Stock Award, the number of shares of Common Stock that have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which no Options or Stock Awards have yet been granted or that have been returned to the
Plan upon cancellation or expiration of an Option or Stock Award, and the numbers of shares set forth in Sections 3(a)(i) and 8 above, as well as the price per share of Common Stock covered by each such outstanding Option and Stock Award, 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, recapitalization or </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock effected without receipt of
consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been &#147;effected without receipt of consideration.&#148; Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose
determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive. 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 or Stock Award. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Dissolution or Liquidation</U>. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, an Option will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action, unless otherwise
provided by the Administrator. The Administrator may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, declare that any Option shall terminate as of a date fixed by the Administrator and give each Optionee the right to exercise his or her
Option as to all of the Optioned Stock, including Shares as to which the Option would not otherwise be exercisable. In addition, the Administrator may provide that any Company repurchase option or forfeiture applicable to any Shares purchased upon
exercise of an Option or covered by a Stock Award shall lapse as to all such Shares, provided the proposed liquidation or dissolution takes place at the time and in the matter contemplated. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Merger or Sale of Assets</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) <U>Options</U>. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets or a merger of the Company with or into another corporation where the successor corporation issues its
securities to the Company&#146;s stockholders, each outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option or right shall be substituted by such successor corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation, unless the successor
corporation does not agree to assume the Option or to substitute an equivalent option, in which case such Option shall terminate upon the consummation of the merger or sale of assets. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;13(c), an Option shall be
considered assumed, without limitation, if, at the time of issuance of the stock or other consideration upon such merger or sale of assets, each Optionee would be entitled to receive under the Stock Award the same number and kind of shares of stock
or the same amount of property, cash or securities as the Optionee would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such transaction if the Optionee had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of Shares of
Common Stock covered by the Stock Award at such time (after giving effect to any adjustments in the number of Shares covered by the Stock Award as provided for in this Section&nbsp;13). </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) <U>Stock Awards</U>. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets or a merger of the
Company with or into another corporation where the successor corporation issues its securities to the Company&#146;s stockholders, each outstanding Stock Award shall be assumed or an equivalent award substituted by such successor corporation or a
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">corporation, unless the successor corporation does not agree to assume the Stock Award or substitute an equivalent award, in which case the Stock Award will
be subject to forfeiture to the Company or the successor corporation and/or the Shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award will, as applicable, be subject to forfeiture to, or repurchase at the original cost per Share of Common Stock by, the
Company or the successor corporation, immediately prior to the consummation of the merger or sale of assets. For the purposes of this Section&nbsp;13(c), a Stock Award shall be considered assumed, without limitation, if, at the time of issuance of
the Stock or other consideration upon such merger or sale of assets, each Optionee would be entitled to receive under the Stock Award the same number and kind of shares of stock or the same amount of property, cash or securities as the Optionee
would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such transaction if the Optionee had been, immediately prior to such transaction, the holder of the number of Shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award at such time (after giving
effect to any adjustments in the number of Shares covered by the Stock Award as provided for in this Section&nbsp;13). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14.
<U>Non-Transferability of Options and Stock Awards</U>. Options and Stock Awards may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution, provided that,
after the date, if any, upon which the Common Stock becomes a Listed Security, the Administrator may in its discretion grant transferable Nonstatutory Stock Options pursuant to Option Agreements and Stock Awards pursuant to Stock Award Agreements
specifying (i)&nbsp;the manner in which such Nonstatutory Stock Options or Stock Awards are transferable and (ii)&nbsp;that any such transfer shall be subject to the Applicable Laws. The designation of a beneficiary by an Optionee will not
constitute a transfer. An Option or Stock Award may be exercised, during the lifetime of the holder of the Option, only by such holder or a transferee permitted by this Section&nbsp;14. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15. <U>Time of Granting Options and Stock Awards</U>. The date of grant of an Option or Stock Award shall, for all purposes, be the date on which the
Administrator makes the determination granting such Option or Stock Award, or such other date as is determined by the Board. Notice of the determination shall be given to each Employee or Consultant to whom an Option or Stock Award is so granted
within a reasonable time after the date of such grant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16. <U>Amendment and Termination of the Plan</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Amendment and Termination</U>. The Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment,
alteration, suspension or discontinuation shall be made that would impair the rights of any Optionee under any grant theretofore made, without his or her consent. In addition, to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with the Applicable Laws
or to the extent the amendment would be considered material, the Company shall obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as required. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Effect of Amendment or Termination</U>. No amendment or termination of the Plan shall adversely affect Options or Stock Awards
already granted, </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Optionee and the Board, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Optionee and the Company.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17. <U>Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares</U>. Shares shall not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option or a Stock Award unless
the exercise of such Option or Stock Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any Stock Exchange. As a condition to the exercise of an Option or receiving such Stock Award, the Company may require the person exercising such Option or a Stock Award to
represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that the Shares are being purchased or issued only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company,
such a representation is required by law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18. <U>Reservation of Shares</U>. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times
reserve and keep available such number of Shares as shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the
Company&#146;s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have
been obtained. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19. <U>Agreements</U>. Options shall be evidenced by Option Agreements and Stock Awards shall be evidenced by Stock Award
Agreements, in such forms as the Administrator shall approve from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20. <U>Stockholder Approval</U>. Continuance of the Plan
shall be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12)&nbsp;months before or after the date the Plan, or an amendment to the Plan, is adopted. Such stockholder approval shall be obtained in the degree and manner required
under the Applicable Laws. All Options and Stock Awards issued under the Plan shall become void in the event such approval is not obtained. </FONT></P>
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