WJ COMMUNICATIONS INC
EX-10.1
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></b></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FIRST AMENDMENT TO</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WJ COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED 2000 STOCK
INCENTIVE PLAN</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This First Amendment to the WJ Communications, Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Stock
Incentive Plan&#148;), is made pursuant to Section 12 of the Stock Incentive Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>, the
2000 Stock Incentive Plan was originally adopted by the Company and approved by
the stockholders in January 2000;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>, in May&nbsp;2002, the Board approved the
adoption of an amendment to the Plan to increase the number of shares of Common
Stock authorized for issuance from 16,500,000 to 19,000,000, which our
stockholders approved at the 2002 annual meeting of stockholders;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>, in 2003, the Plan was amended with Board
and stockholder approval to add language regarding Section&nbsp;162(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code and in 2005 the Board amended the Plan to add restricted
stock units and performance shares as permissible forms of awards under the
Plan as well as to add provisions designed to minimize the impact of section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>, on July&nbsp;25, 2005 the Board approved
the Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan to encompass all of the
foregoing amendments into one document;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>, in 2007 in connection with the Company&#146;s
annual meeting, the Board of Directors approved a first amendment to the Stock
Incentive Plan to increase the shares available under the Plan from 19,000,000
to 19,500,000 (the &#147;First Amendment&#148;); and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">WHEREAS</font></b>, the First Amendment was approved by the
Company stockholders at the Company&#146;s annual meeting on July 19, 2007.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOW
THEREFORE:</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The section 3 titled &#147;Common
Stock Subject to Plan&#148; of the Stock Incentive Plan is hereby amended to delete &#147;19,000,000&#148;
and insert &#147;19,500,000&#148; in its place to reflect an increase in the shares
reserved for use under the Stock Incentive Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All other terms and
conditions of the Stock Incentive Plan, as amended remain in full force and
effect.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The First Amendment to the
Stock Incentive Plan was approved by the Board of Directors on June 8, 2007 and
submitted to, and approved by, the Company&#146;s stockholders in connection with
the Company&#146;s July 19, 2007 annual meeting.</font></p>

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