Sirius' Long Term Incentive Plan

December 9, 2006

Sirius filed an SEC document after hours friday outlining the registration of 40,000,000 shares. These shares were part of the 401K plan and the Long Term incentive Plan. The 401K accounted for 1,000,000 shares leaving 39,000,000 as part of the Long Term Incentive Plan. These shares can be used for many things. To help investors better understand, we are providing the long term incentive plan below. It is to early to jump to conclusions as to the "home" for these shares, but it is good to understand the plan:

SIRIUS LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO 2003 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1. Purpose.

The purposes of this Sirius Satellite Radio 2003Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan are to promote the interests of Sirius SatelliteRadio Inc. and its stockholders by (i) attracting and retaining employees of,and consultants to, the Company and its Affiliates, as defined below;(ii) motivating such individuals by means of performance-related incentives toachieve longer-range performance goals; and (iii) enabling such individuals toparticipate in the long-term growth and financial success of the Company.

SECTION 2. Definitions.

As used in the Plan, the following terms shall havethe meanings set forth below:

'Affiliate' shall mean any entity (i) that, directly or indirectly, iscontrolled by, controls or is under common control with, the Company or (ii) inwhich the Company has a significant equity interest, in either case asdetermined by the Committee.

'Award' shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted StockAward, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award, Other Stock-Based Awardor Performance Compensation Award made or granted from time to time hereunder.

'Award Agreement' shall mean any written agreement, contract, or otherinstrument or document evidencing any Award, which may, but need not, beexecuted or acknowledged by a Participant.

'Board' shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

'Change of Control' shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

(i) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, in one or aseries of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of theCompany to any 'person' or 'group' (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)(3)and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act),

(ii) any person or group is or becomes the'beneficial owner' (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,except that a person shall be deemed to have 'beneficial ownership' of allshares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right isexercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly orindirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock ofthe Company, including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise or

(iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at thebeginning of such period constituted the Board (together with any new directorswhose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by thestockholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of thedirectors of the Company, then still in office, who were either directors at thebeginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election waspreviously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of theBoard, then in office.

'Code' shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

'Committee' shall mean a committee of the Board designated by the Board toadminister the Plan and composed of not less than two directors, each of whom isrequired to be a 'Non-Employee Director' (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3) andan 'outside director' (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) to theextent Rule 16b-3 and Section 162(m) of the Code, respectively, are applicableto the Company and the Plan. If at any time such a committee has not been sodesignated, the Board shall constitute the Committee.

'Company' shall mean Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., together with anysuccessor thereto.

'Exchange Act' shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

'Fair Market Value' shall mean (i) with respect to any property other thanShares, the fair market value of such property determined by such methods orprocedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee and(ii) with respect to the Shares, as of any date, (1) the mean between the highand low sales prices of the Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market for such date (or if not then trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the mean between thehigh and low sales price of the Shares on the stock exchange or over-the-countermarket on which the Shares are principally trading on such date), or, if therewere no sales on such date, on the closest preceding date on which there weresales of Shares or (2) in the event there shall be no public market for theShares on such date, the fair market value of the Shares as determined in goodfaith by the Committee.

'Incentive Stock Option' shall mean a right to purchase Shares from theCompany that is granted under Section 6 of the Plan and that is intended to meetthe requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

'Negative Discretion' shall mean the discretion authorized by the Plan to beapplied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of a PerformanceCompensation Award; provided that the exercise of such discretion would notcause the Performance Compensation Award to fail to qualify as'performance-based compensation' under Section 162(m) of the Code. By way of example and not by way of limitation, in no event shall any discretionaryauthority granted to the Committee by the Plan including, but not limited to,Negative Discretion, be used to (a) grant or provide payment in respect ofPerformance Compensation Awards for a Performance Period if the PerformanceGoals for such Performance Period have not been attained or (b) increase aPerformance Compensation Award above the maximum amount payable under Section4(a) or 11(d)(vi) of the Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,in no event shall Negative Discretion be exercised by the Committee with respectto any Option or Stock Appreciation Right (other than an Option or StockAppreciation Right that is intended to be a Performance Compensation Award underSection 11 of the Plan).

'Non-Qualified Stock Option' shall mean a right to purchase Shares from theCompany that is granted under Section 6 of the Plan and that is not intended tobe an Incentive Stock Option. 'Option' shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified StockOption.

'Other Stock-Based Award' shall mean any right granted under Section 10 ofthe Plan.

'Participant' shall mean any employee of, or consultant to, the Company orits Subsidiaries eligible for an Award under Section 5 and selected by theCommittee to receive an Award under the Plan.

'Performance Award' shall mean any right granted under Section 9 of thePlan.

'Performance Compensation Award' shall mean any Award designated by theCommittee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of thePlan.

'Performance Criteria' shall mean the criterion or criteria that theCommittee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) fora Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award underthe Plan. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish thePerformance Goal(s) shall be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (or an Affiliate, division or operational unit of theCompany) and shall be limited to the following: return on net assets, return onshareholders' equity, return on assets, return on capital, shareholder returns,profit margin, earnings per Share, net earnings, operating earnings, earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, number of subscribers, growth of subscribers, operating expenses, capital expenses, subscriberacquisition costs, Share price or sales or market share. To the extent requiredunder Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall, within the first 90 daysof a Performance Period (or, if longer, within the maximum period allowed underSection 162(m) of the Code), define in an objective fashion the manner ofcalculating the Performance Criteria it selects to use for such PerformancePeriod.

'Performance Formula' shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or moreobjective formulas applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine,with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant,whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the PerformanceCompensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

'Performance Goals' shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or moregoals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon thePerformance Criteria. The Committee is authorized at any time during the first90 days of a Performance Period, or at any time thereafter (but only to theextent the exercise of such authority after the first 90 days of a PerformancePeriod would not cause the Performance Compensation Awards granted to anyParticipant for the Performance Period to fail to qualify as 'performance-basedcompensation' under Section 162(m) of the Code), in its sole and absolutediscretion, to adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Goal for suchPerformance Period to the extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code inorder to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants,(a) in the event of, or in anticipation of, any unusual or extraordinarycorporate item, transaction, event or development affecting the Company; or(b) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any other unusual or nonrecurringevents affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or inresponse to, or in anticipation of, changes in applicable laws, regulations,accounting principles, or business conditions.

'Performance Period' shall mean the one or more periods of time of at leastone year in duration, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment ofone or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining aParticipant's right to and the payment of a Performance Compensation Award.

'Person' shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, association,limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporatedorganization, government or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

'Plan' shall mean this Sirius Satellite Radio 2003 Long-Term Stock IncentivePlan.

'Restricted Stock' shall mean any Share granted under Section 8 of the Plan.

'Restricted Stock Unit' shall mean any unit granted under Section 8 of thePlan.

'Rule 16b-3' shall mean Rule 16b-3 as promulgated and interpreted by the SECunder the Exchange Act, or any successor rule or regulation thereto as in effectfrom time to time.

'SEC' shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successorthereto and shall include the Staff thereof.

'Shares' shall mean the common stock of the Company, $.001 par value, orsuch other securities of the Company (i) into which such common stock shall bechanged by reason of a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, split-up,combination, exchange of shares or other similar transaction or (ii) as may bedetermined by the Committee pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Plan.

'Stock Appreciation Right' shall mean any right granted under Section 7 ofthe Plan.

'Substitute Awards' shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(c) of thePlan.

SECTION 3. Administration.

(a) The Plan shall be administered by theCommittee. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in additionto other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by thePlan, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designateParticipants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to aParticipant and designate those Awards which shall constitute PerformanceCompensation Awards; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by, orwith respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated inconnection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award;(v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards maybe settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or otherproperty, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods bywhich Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended;(vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash,Shares, other securities, other Awards, other property, and other amountspayable with respect to an Award (subject to Section 162(m) of the Code withrespect to Performance Compensation Awards) shall be deferred eitherautomatically or at the election of the holder thereof or of the Committee;(vii) interpret, administer or reconcile any inconsistency, correct any defect,resolve ambiguities and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents asit shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan;(ix) establish and administer Performance Goals and certify whether, and to whatextent, they have been attained; and (x) make any other determination and takeany other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for theadministration of the Plan.

(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations,determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect tothe Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, maybe made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon allPersons, including the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any stockholder.

(c) The mere fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a'Non-Employee Director' or 'outside director' within the meaning of Rule 16b-3and Section 162(m) of the Code, respectively, shall not invalidate any awardmade by the Committee which award is otherwise validly made under the Plan.

(d) No member of the Committee shall be liable to any Person for any actionor determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Awardhereunder.

(e) With respect to any Performance Compensation Award granted to a CoveredEmployee (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) under the Plan, thePlan shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with Section 162(m) of theCode.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority to grant awards to Participants who arenot officers or directors of the Company subject to Section 16 of the ExchangeAct or Covered Employees (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code).

SECTION 4. Shares Available for Awards.

(a) Shares Available. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4(b), theaggregate number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted from timeto time under the Plan shall in the aggregate not exceed, at any time, 15% ofthe sum of (i) the issued and outstanding Shares, (ii) any Shares which areissuable as a result of any conversion, exchange or exercise of any preferredstock, warrant or other security of the Company which is outstanding on the dateof determination; and (iii) the Shares which have been issued or are issuable to employees, consultants and directors of the Company pursuant to the Plan, theCompany's 1999 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan, the Company's Amended andRestated 1994 Stock Option Plan and the Company's Amended and Restated 1994Directors' Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; provided, however, that the aggregatenumber of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may be grantedunder the Plan shall be 40,000,000. The maximum number of Shares with respect towhich Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to any Participant inany fiscal year shall be 40,000,000 and the maximum number of Shares which maybe paid to a Participant in the Plan in connection with the settlement of anyAward(s) designated as 'Performance Compensation Awards' in respect of a singlePerformance Period shall be 40,000,000 or, in the event such PerformanceCompensation Award is paid in cash, the equivalent cash value thereof. If, afterthe effective date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an Award granted under thePlan, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or if an Award has expired, terminated or been canceled for any reason whatsoever (other than byreason of exercise or vesting), then the Shares covered by such Award shall again be, or shall become, Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted hereunder.

(b) Adjustments. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Plan to the contrary,in the event that the Committee determines in its sole discretion that anydividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, othersecurities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stocksplit, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Shares or other securities of theCompany, or other corporate transaction or event affects the Shares such that an adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made availableunder the Plan, then the Committee shall, equitably adjust any or all of(i) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kindof other securities or property) with respect to which Awards may be granted,(ii) the number of Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kindof other securities or property) subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) thegrant or exercise price with respect to any Award or, if deemed appropriate,make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award inconsideration for the cancellation of such Award, which, in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall equal the excess, if any, of the Fair MarketValue of the Shares subject to such Options or Stock Appreciation Rights overthe aggregate exercise price or grant price of such Options or StockAppreciation Rights.

(c) Substitute Awards. Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, bemade under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awardspreviously granted by the Company or its Affiliates or a company acquired by theCompany or with which the Company combines ('Substitute Awards'). The number ofShares underlying any Substitute Awards shall be counted against the aggregate number of Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

(d) Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards. Any Shares deliveredpursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized andunissued Shares or of treasury Shares.

SECTION 5. Eligibility.

Any employee of, or consultant to, the Company orany of its Affiliates (including any prospective employee) shall be eligible to be selected as a Participant.

SECTION 6. Stock Options.

(a) Grant. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom Options shall be granted, the number of Shares to be covered by each Option, the exercise price therefor and the conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise of theOption. The Committee shall have the authority to grant Incentive Stock Options, or to grant Non-Qualified Stock Options, or to grant both types of Options. In the case of Incentive Stock Options, the terms and conditions of such grants shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section422 of the Code, as from time to time amended, and any regulations implementing such statute. All Options when granted under the Plan are intended to beNon-Qualified Stock Options, unless the applicable Award Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. If an Optionis intended to be an Incentive Stock Option, and if for any reason such Option(or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then,to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option (or portion thereof) shallbe regarded as a Non-Qualified Stock Option appropriately granted under thePlan; provided that such Option (or portion thereof) otherwise complies with thePlan's requirements relating to Non-Qualified Stock Options.

(b) Exercise Price. The Committee shall establish the exercise price at thetime each Option is granted, which exercise price shall be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement.

(c) Exercise. Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, specifyin the applicable Award Agreement. The Committee may impose such conditions withrespect to the exercise of Options, including without limitation, any relatingto the application of federal or state securities laws, as it may deem necessaryor advisable. Options with an exercise price equal to or greater than the FairMarket Value per Share as of the date of grant are intended to qualify as'performance-based compensation' under Section 162(m) of the Code. In the sole discretion of the Committee, Options may be granted with an exercise price that is less than the Fair Market Value per Share and such Options may, but need not,be intended to qualify as performance-based compensation in accordance withSection 11 hereof.

(d) Payment. (i) No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the aggregate exercise price therefor isreceived by the Company. Such payment may be made in cash, or its equivalent, or(x) by exchanging Shares owned by the optionee (which are not the subject of anypledge or other security interest and which have been owned by such optionee forat least six months) or (y) subject to such rules as may be established by the Committee, through delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell the Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate exercise price or by a combination of the foregoing, provided that the combined value of all cash andcash equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any such Shares so tendered to theCompany as of the date of such tender is at least equal to such aggregateexercise price. (ii) Wherever in this Plan or any Award Agreement a Participant is permitted to pay the exercise price of an Option or taxes relating to the exercise of anOption by delivering Shares, the Participant may, subject to procedures satisfactory to the Committee, satisfy such delivery requirement by presenting proof of beneficial ownership of such Shares, in which case the Company shalltreat the Option as exercised without further payment and shall withhold such number of Shares from the Shares acquired by the exercise of the Option.

SECTION 7. Stock Appreciation Rights.

(a) Grant. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall havesole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom StockAppreciation Rights shall be granted, the number of Shares to be covered by each Stock Appreciation Right Award, the grant price thereof and the conditions andlimitations applicable to the exercise thereof. Stock Appreciation Rights with agrant price equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value per Share as of thedate of grant are intended to qualify as 'performance-based compensation' underSection 162(m) of the Code. In the sole discretion of the Committee, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted with an exercise price that is less than theFair Market Value per Share and such Stock Appreciation Rights may, but need not, be intended to qualify as performance-based compensation in accordance withSection 11 hereof. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with another Award, in addition to another Award, or freestanding and unrelated toanother Award. Stock Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with or in additionto an Award may be granted either before, at the same time as the Award or at alater time.

(b) Exercise and Payment. A Stock Appreciation Right shall entitle theParticipant to receive an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over the grant price thereof. The Committee shall determine in its sole discretion whether aStock Appreciation Right shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares.

(c) Other Terms and Conditions. Subject to the terms of the Plan and anyapplicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine, at the grant of aStock Appreciation Right, the term, methods of exercise, methods and form of settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right. The Committee may impose such conditions or restrictions on the exercise of anyStock Appreciation Right as it shall deem appropriate.

SECTION 8. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.

(a) Grant. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall havesole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom Shares ofRestricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be granted, the number of Shares of Restricted Stock and/or the number of Restricted Stock Units to be granted to each Participant, the duration of the period during which, and theconditions, if any, under which, the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may be forfeited to the Company, and the other terms and conditions of such Awards.

(b) Transfer Restrictions. Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted StockUnits may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered,except, in the case of Restricted Stock, as provided in the Plan or theapplicable Award Agreements. Certificates issued in respect of Shares ofRestricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the Participant and deposited by such Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank,with the Company. Upon the lapse of the restrictions applicable to such Shares of Restricted Stock, the Company shall deliver such certificates to theParticipant or the Participant's legal representative.

(c) Payment. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall have a value equal to the FairMarket Value of a Share. Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash, Shares, other securities or other property, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee, upon the lapse of the restrictions applicable thereto, or otherwise in accordance with the applicableAward Agreement. Dividends paid on any Shares of Restricted Stock may be paiddirectly to the Participant, withheld by the Company subject to vesting of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, ormay be reinvested in additional Shares of Restricted Stock or in additional Restricted Stock Units, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

SECTION 9. Performance Awards.

(a) Grant. The Committee shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants who shall receive a 'Performance Award', which shall consist of a right which is (i) denominated in cash or Shares, (ii) valued, as determinedby the Committee, in accordance with the achievement of such performance goals during such performance periods as the Committee shall establish, and(iii) payable at such time and in such form as the Committee shall determine.

(b) Terms and Conditions. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the Performance Goals to be achieved during any Performance Period, the length of any Performance Period, the amount of any Performance Award and the amount and kind of any payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any Performance Award.

(c) Payment of Performance Awards. Performance Awards may be paid in a lumpsum or in installments following the close of the Performance Period or, inaccordance with procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis.

SECTION 10. Other Stock-Based Awards.

(a) General. The Committee shall have authority to grant to Participants an 'Other Stock-Based Award', which shall consist of any right which is (i) not an Award described in Sections 6 through 9 above and (ii) an Award of Shares or an Award denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, orotherwise based on or related to, Shares (including, without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as deemed by the Committee to be consistentwith the purposes of the Plan; provided that any such rights must comply, to the extent deemed desirable by the Committee, with Rule 16b-3 and applicable law. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any such Other Stock-BasedAward, including the price, if any, at which securities may be purchased pursuant to any Other Stock-Based Award granted under this Plan.

(b) Dividend Equivalents. In the sole and complete discretion of theCommittee, an Award, whether made as an Other Stock-Based Award under thisSection 10 or as an Award granted pursuant to Sections 6 through 9 hereof, may provide the Participant with dividends or dividend equivalents, payable in cash, Shares, other securities or other property on a current or deferred basis.

SECTION 11. Performance Compensation Awards.

(a) General. The Committee shall have the authority, at the time of grant of any Award described in Sections 6 through 10 (other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted with an exercise price or grant price, as the case may be, equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant), to designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award in order to qualify such Award as 'performance-based compensation' under Section 162(m) ofthe Code.

(b) Eligibility. The Committee will, in its sole discretion, designate within the first 90 days of a Performance Period (or, if longer, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code) which Participants will be eligible to receive Performance Compensation Awards in respect of such Performance Period. Designation of a Participant eligible to receive an Award hereunder for a Performance Period shall not in any manner entitle the Participant to receive payment in respect of any Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period. The determination as to whether or not such Participant becomes entitled to payment in respect of any Performance Compensation Award shall be decided solely in accordance with the provisions ofthis Section 11. Moreover, designation of a Participant eligible to receive an Award hereunder for a particular Performance Period shall not require designation of such Participant eligible to receive an Award hereunder in any subsequent Performance Period and designation of one person as a Participant eligible to receive an Award hereunder shall not require designation of any other person as a Participant eligible to receive an Award hereunder in such period or in any other period.

(c) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards. With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall have full discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) ofPerformance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that willbe used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of thePerformance Goals(s) is/are to apply to the Company and the Performance Formula. Within the first 90 days of a Performance Period (or, if longer, within themaximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code), the Committee shall,with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the mattersenumerated in the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 11(c) and record the same in writing.

(d) Payment of Performance Compensation Awards. (i) Condition to Receipt of Payment. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period. (ii) Limitation. A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment inrespect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that: (1) thePerformance Goals for such period are achieved; and (2) the Performance Formula as applied against such Performance Goals determines that all or some portion of such Participant's Performance Award has been earned for the Performance Period. (iii) Certification. Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall meet to review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, to calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula.The Committee shall then determine the actual size of each Participant's Performance Compensation Award for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may apply Negative Discretion, if and when it deems appropriate. (iv) Negative Discretion. In determining the actual size of an individualPerformance Award for a Performance Period, the Committee may reduce oreliminate the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned under thePerformance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of NegativeDiscretion if, in its sole judgement, such reduction or elimination is appropriate. (v) Timing of Award Payments. The Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively possible following completion of the certifications required by this Section 11. (vi) Maximum Award Payable. Notwithstanding any provision contained in thePlan to the contrary, the maximum Performance Compensation Award payable to anyone Participant under the Plan for a Performance Period is 40,000,000 Shares or, in the event the Performance Compensation Award is paid in cash, the equivalent cash value thereof on the last day of the Performance Period to which such Awardrelates. Furthermore, any Performance Compensation Award that has been deferred shall not (between the date as of which the Award is deferred and the paymentdate) increase (i) with respect to Performance Compensation Award that ispayable in cash, by a measuring factor for each fiscal year greater than a reasonable rate of interest set by the Committee or (ii) with respect to aPerformance Compensation Award that is payable in Shares, by an amount greater than the appreciation of a Share from the date such Award is deferred to the payment date.

SECTION 12. Amendment and Termination.

(a) Amendments to the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend,discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; providedthat no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or terminationshall be made without stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan; and provided, further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would impair the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award previously granted shall not be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary.

(b) Amendments to Awards. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted; provided that any such waiver, amendment,alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would impair the rights of any Participant or any holder or beneficiary of any Award previously granted shall not be effective without the consent of the affectedParticipant, holder or beneficiary.

(c) Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events. The Committee is hereby authorized to make equitable adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, all outstanding Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 4(b) hereof) affecting theCompany, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or anyAffiliate, or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits orpotential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan; provided that no such adjustment shall be authorized to the extent that such authority oradjustment would cause an Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award under Section 11 of the Plan to fail to qualify as 'performance-based compensation' under Section 162(m) of the Code.

SECTION 13. Change of Control.

In the event of a Change of Control, anyoutstanding Awards then held by Participants which are unexercisable orotherwise unvested shall automatically be deemed exercisable or otherwise vested, as the case may be, effective as of immediately prior to such Change ofControl.

SECTION 14. General Provisions.

(a) Nontransferability.

(i) Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall be exercisable only by the Participant during the Participant's lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant's legal guardian or representative.

(ii) No Award may be sold, assigned, alienated, pledged, attached or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any such purported sale, assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute a sale, assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, transfer or encumbrance.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may in the applicable Award Agreement evidencing an Option granted under the Plan or at any time thereafter in an amendment to an Award Agreement provide that Options granted hereunder which are not intended to qualify as Incentive Options may be transferred by the Participant to whom such Option was granted (the 'Grantee') without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to: (1) the Grantee's spouse, children or grandchildren (including adopted and stepchildren and grandchildren) (collectively, the 'Immediate Family'); (2) a trust solely for the benefit of the Grantee and his or her Immediate Family; or (3) a partnership, corporation or limited liability company whose only partners, members or shareholders are the Grantee and his or her Immediate Family; (each transferee described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) above is hereinafter referred to as a 'Permitted Transferee'); provided that the Grantee gives the Committee advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Grantee in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement evidencing the Option.

The terms of any Option transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in the Plan or in an Award Agreement to an optionee, Grantee or Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (a) PermittedTransferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Options, other than by will orthe laws of descent and distribution; (b) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Options unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the Shares to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines that such aregistration statement is necessary or appropriate, (c) the Committee or theCompany shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be givento the Grantee under the Plan or otherwise and (d) the consequences of termination of the Grantee's employment by, or services to, the Company underthe terms of the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement shall continue to beapplied with respect to the Grantee, following which the Options shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

(b) No Rights to Awards. No Participant or other Person shall have any claimto be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee's determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant (whether or notsuch Participants are similarly situated).

(c) Share Certificates. All certificates for Shares or other securities ofthe Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award orthe exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable Federal or state laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

(d) Withholding. (i) A Participant may be required to pay to the Company orany Affiliate and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from any Award, from any payment due or transfermade under any Award or under the Plan or from any compensation or other amount owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities, otherAwards or other property) of any applicable withholding taxes in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Planand to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes. The Committee may provide for additional cash payments to holders of Awards to defray or offsetany tax arising from the grant, vesting, exercise or payments of any Award.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of clause (i) above, a Participant maysatisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by delivery of Shares owned by the Participant (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and which have been owned by the Participant for at least sixmonths) with a Fair Market Value equal to such withholding liability or by having the Company withhold from the number of Shares otherwise issuablepursuant to the exercise of the option a number of Shares with a Fair MarketValue equal to such withholding liability.

(iii) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, inconnection with the transfer of an Option to a Permitted Transferee pursuant toSection 14(a), the Grantee shall remain liable for any withholding taxes required to be withheld upon the exercise of such Option by the PermittedTransferee.

(e) Award Agreements. Each Award hereunder shall be evidenced by an AwardAgreement which shall be delivered to the Participant and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including but not limited to the effect on such Award of the death, disability or termination of employment or service of a Participant and the effect, if any, of such other events as may be determined by the Committee.

(f) No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in thePlan shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or continuing ineffect other compensation arrangements, which may, but need not, provide for the grant of options, restricted stock, Shares and other types of Awards provided for hereunder (subject to stockholder approval if such approval is required),and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only inspecific cases.

(g) No Right to Employment. The grant of an Award shall not be construed asgiving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of, or in any consulting relationship to, the Company or any Affiliate. Further, the Companyor an Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claimunder the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, any AwardAgreement or any applicable employment contract or agreement.

(h) No Rights as Stockholder. Subject to the provisions of the applicableAward, no Participant or holder or beneficiary of any Award shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares to be distributed under thePlan until he or she has become the holder of such Shares. Notwithstanding theforegoing, in connection with each grant of Restricted Stock hereunder, the applicable Award shall specify if and to what extent the Participant shall notbe entitled to the rights of a stockholder in respect of such Restricted Stock.

(i) Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan and any Award Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, applied without giving effect to its conflict of laws principles.

(j) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

(k) Other Laws. The Committee may refuse to issue or transfer any Shares or other consideration under an Award if, acting in its sole discretion, itdetermines that the issuance or transfer of such Shares or such other consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation or entitle the Company to recover the same under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and anypayment tendered to the Company by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Award granted hereunder shall be construed as an offer to sell securities of the Company, and no such offer shall be outstanding, unless and until the Committee in its sole discretion has determined that any such offer, if made, would be in compliance with all applicable requirements of the U.S. federal securities laws.

(l) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments fromthe Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate.

(m) No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

(n) Headings. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not bedeemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation ofthe Plan or any provision thereof.

SECTION 15. Term of the Plan.

(a) Effective Date. The Plan shall be effective as of the date of itsapproval by the stockholders of the Company.

(b) Expiration Date. No Award shall be granted under the Plan after December31, 2012. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicableAward Agreement, any Award granted hereunder may, and the authority of the Boardor the Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under any such Award shall,continue after December 31, 2012.

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