MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 1994 DIRECTOR FEE PLAN, as amended through November 16, 2004 SECTION 1 Purposes; Reservation of Shares

Exhibit 10.1

(a)   Purposes. The purposes of the 1994 Director Fee Plan, as amended through

   November 16, 2004 (the "Plan") are:

(1) to provide for each Director of Matthews International Corporation (the "Corporation") who is not also an employee of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries ("Director") the payment of retainer fees for future services to be performed by such Director ("Director Fees") as a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board") in cash or in shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation ("Common Stock") and, in the case of payment to the Directors of the Director Fees in shares of Common Stock, to increase the identification of interests between such Directors and the shareholders of the Corporation;

(2) to provide current payment in cash (or if a Director shall elect to defer receipt, future payment in shares of Common Stock) to each Director for:

(3) to increase the identification of interests between the Directors and the shareholders of the Corporation by permitting the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Committee”) to award restricted stock, nonstatutory stock options and/or stock appreciation rights to each Director on the fifteenth (15^th) business day after the annual shareholders’ meeting of the Corporation.

For purposes of the Plan, the term "Subsidiary" means any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Corporation, if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

(b)     Reservation of Shares. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 1(b), the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan or credited to Deferred Stock Compensation Accounts for subsequent issuance under the Plan is limited to 500,000 shares, subject to adjustment and substitution as set forth in Section 12 hereof. Shares issued under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares or shares previously issued and thereafter acquired by the Corporation or partly each, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board. If any stock option or stock appreciation right granted under the Plan is cancelled by mutual consent, forfeited, or terminates or expires for any reason without having been exercised in full, or if any restricted shares awarded under the Plan are forfeited, the number of shares subject thereto, in the case of stock options or stock appreciation rights, or the number of shares forfeited, in the case of restricted shares, shall again be available for all purposes of the Plan. In addition to the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance or crediting by the first sentence of this Section 1(b), the number of shares of Common Stock which are surrendered (or to which ownership has been certified) in full or partial payment to the Corporation of the option price of a stock option granted under the Plan shall be available for all purposes of the Plan.

 

Any non-employee Director of the Corporation who is separately compensated in the form of Director Fees or Meeting Fees for services on the Board shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.

(a)    Current Payment. Subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof, on the fifteenth (15th) business day following the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation (each such date of payment referred to as a "Payment Date"), each Director as of that date shall receive payment of Director Fees by:

(i) the payment to the Director of cash of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) (eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000) for Payment Dates before January 1, 2005) (or such other amount determined by the Board or by any committee of the Board which the Board authorizes to determine such amount) (the “Retainer Fee Amount”); or

(ii) the issuance to the Director of a number of whole shares of Common Stock equal to the Retainer Fee Amount divided by the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock, as defined in Section 15 hereof, on such Payment Date (rounded upward to the next whole share).

 

The Committee shall determine by November 30 of each year whether Director Fees will be paid in cash or in shares of Common Stock to the Directors in the following calendar year. Unless the Committee otherwise determines and communicates such determination to the Directors by November 30 of the year immediately preceding the year of payment, the Directors Fees shall be paid in shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Director Fees are to be paid in cash, a Director may elect to receive payment of the Director Fees in shares and shall receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Retainer Fee Amount divided by the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock, as defined in Section 15 hereof, on the Payment Date (rounded upward to the next whole share) (a “Current Stock El ection”). Such election shall be made by filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation.

(b)    Stock Deferral Election. Regardless of whether Director Fees are to be paid in either cash or shares of Common Stock, each Director may elect to defer the receipt of Director Fees in shares of Common Stock for a calendar year (a "Stock Deferral Election") by filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporatio n.

(c)     Election Procedures. Both a Current Stock Election and a Stock Deferral Election (collectively, “Director Fee Elections”) shall be effective on January 1 of the year following the date on which the Notice of Election is filed. Director Fee Elections shall be effective on the date on which the Notice of Election is filed with respect to Director Fees payable after the time of a person's initial election to the office of Director, or any subsequent re-election if immediately prior thereto such person was not serving as a Director, p rovided the Director files such Notice of Election within ten (10) business days subsequent to being elected or re-elected as a Director. Director Fee Elections shall apply to all Director Fees otherwise payable while such Director Fee Election is effective. Each Director may terminate a Current Stock Election and receive current payment of Director Fees in cash (where the Committee has elected to pay Director Fees in cash) and may terminate a Stock Deferral Election and receive current shares of Common Stock or cash (where the Committee has elected to pay Director Fees in cash) by filing a Notice of Termination with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, which shall be effective on January 1 of the year following the date on which a Notice of Termination is filed. A Director Fee Election shall continue in effect until the effective date of any Notice of Termination. Director Fee Elections may be made by a Director even if such Director has not made a Meeting Fee Deferral Election (as defined below).

(d)    Share Certificates. As of the date on which the Director Fees are payable in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof or, if a Stock Deferral Election was made, Sections 5 and 6 hereof, the Corporation shall issue share certificates to the Director for the shares of Common Stock received under the Plan and the Director shall be a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to any such shares.

(a)    Current Cash Payment. Subject to the provisions of Sections 4(b) and 4(c) hereof, effective on and after the date of the 2005 annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation (the “2005 Annual Meeting Date”), each Director shall receive payment of Meeting Fees in cash in the following amounts (or such other amounts determined by the Board or by any committee of the Board which the Board authorizes to determine such amounts):

(The amount and payment of Meeting Fees for meetings prior to the 2005 Annual Meeting Date shall be governed by the provisions of this Section 4(a) as in effect prior to the amendment of this Plan in November, 2004.) Except as set forth in Sections 4(b) and 4(c) hereof, each Director shall receive payment of Meeting Fees (other than Committee Chairperson Retainer Fees) within ten (10) business days following the meeting with respect to which such fees are payable. Except as set forth in Sections 4(b) and 4(c) hereof, each Committee Chairperson shall receive payment of Committee Chairperson Retainer Fees on the fifteenth (15^th) business day following the person’s annual election or re-election to such position. The amount and time of payment of Meeting Fees may be changed from time to time by the Board in its sole discretion.

(b)    Deferred Payment of Meeting Fees. Each Director may elect to receive all Meeting Fees for a calendar year in shares of Common Stock rather than cash, as set forth in Section 4(c) hereof, provided the Director elects to defer the receipt of such shares of Common Stock (a "Meeting Fee Deferral Election"). A Meeting Fee Deferral Election may be made only by filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, and shall be effective for meetings, and, if applicable, Committee Chairperson Re tainer Fees payable, on and after January 1 of the year following the date on which the Notice of Election is filed; provided, however, that (i) a Meeting Fee Deferral Election made by a Notice of Election filed on or before the close of business on May 14, 1999 shall be effective with regard to meetings on or after May 15, 1999, and (ii) a Meeting Fee Deferral Election shall be effective on the date on which the Notice of Election is filed with respect to meetings and, if applicable, Committee Chairperson Retainer Fees payable after the time of a person's initial election, or any subsequent re-election, to the office of Director if (A) immediately prior thereto such person was not serving as a Director, and (B) such Notice of Election is filed within ten (10) business days subsequent to such person being elected or re-elected as a Director. A Meeting Fee Deferral Election shall apply to all Meeting Fees which would otherwise be payable for meetings held while such Meeting Fee Deferral Election is effective. A Director may terminate a Meeting Fee Deferral Election only by filing a Notice of Termination with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, which Notice of Termination shall be effective for meetings and, if applicable, Committee Chairperson Retainer Fees payable on and after January 1 of the year following the date on which a Notice of Termination is filed. A Meeting Fee Deferral Election shall continue in effect until the effective date of any Notice of Termination, after which the Meeting Fees shall be payable in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof. A Meeting Fee Deferral Election may be made by a Director even if such Director has not made a Current Stock Election or a Stock Deferral Election. A Meeting Fee Deferral Election shall apply to all but not less than all Meeting Fees.

(c)    Deferred Meeting Fees Credited in Shares of Common Stock. Each Director who has made a Meeting Fee Deferral Election effective for Meeting Fees otherwise payable in cash for a calendar year shall receive a credit to a Deferred Stock Compensation Account (as defined in Section 5(a) hereof) in the name of such Director on the first Payment Date following such calendar year. Such credit shall be a number of shares of Common Stock (including fractional shares to at least two decimal places) equal to (i) the aggregate amount of all Meeting Fees s ubject to such Meeting Fee Deferral Election otherwise payable during such calendar year to such Director in cash under Section 4(a) hereof if no Meeting Fee Deferral Election had been made, divided by (ii) the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock, as defined in Section 15 hereof, on such Payment Date. No interest or other amount shall be paid or credited to a Director notwithstanding that Meeting Fees which otherwise would have been payable under Section 4(a) hereof in cash are not reflected as a credit to such Deferred Stock Compensation Account until the Payment Date.

(d)    Share Certificates. If a Meeting Fee Deferral Election was made, then as of the date on which the Meeting Fees are payable in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 hereof, the Corporation shall issue share certificates to the Director for the shares of Common Stock received under the Plan and the Director shall be a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to any such shares.

(a)    General. The amount of any Director Fees or Meeting Fees deferred in accordance with a Stock Deferral Election or a Meeting Fee Deferral Election shall be credited to a deferred stock compensation account maintained by the Corporation in the name of the Director (a "Deferred Stock Compensation Account"). A separate Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall be mai ntained for each amount of deferred Director Fees or Meeting Fees for which a Director has elected a different number of payment installments or as otherwise determined by the Committee. On each Payment Date that a Stock Deferral Election is effective for a Director or on which a credit to a Deferred Stock Compensation Account is to be made under Section 4(c) hereof pursuant to a Meeting Fee Deferral Election, the Director's Deferred Stock Compensation Account(s) shall be credited on the Payment Date with the number of shares of Common Stock (including fractional shares to at least two decimal places) which (i) otherwise would have been payable to the Director under Section 3(a) hereof on such Payment Date if the Director Fees had been payable to the Director in shares of Common Stock, whether the Director Fees were payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock, and/or (ii) are to be so credited in accordance with Section 4(c) hereof. If a dividend or distribution is paid on the Common Stock in cash or proper ty other than Common Stock, on the date of payment of the dividend or distribution to holders of the Common Stock, each Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall be credited with a number of shares of Common Stock (including fractional shares) equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that had been credited to such Account on the date fixed for determining the shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution multiplied by the amount of the dividend or distribution paid per share of Common Stock divided by the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock, as defined in Section 15 hereof, on the date on which the dividend or distribution is paid. If the dividend or distribution is paid in property other than Common Stock, the amount of the dividend or distribution shall equal the fair market value of the property on the date on which the dividend or distribution is paid. Except as provided in Section 12 hereof, the immediately preceding two sentences shall not apply to dividends or dist ributions paid on the Common Stock in cash or property other than Common Stock on or after March 14, 1997 with respect to Directors on such date or Directors elected thereafter. Such dividends or distributions shall neither be credited to the Director's Deferred Stock Compensation Account nor paid to the Director. The Deferred Stock Compensation Account of a Director shall be charged on the date of distribution with any distribution of shares of Common Stock made to the Director from such Account pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof.

(b)    Manner of Payment. The balance of a Director's Deferred Stock Compensation Account will be paid in shares of Common Stock to the Director or, in the event of the Director's death, to the Director's Beneficiary as defined in Section 5(c) hereof. A Director may elect at the time of filing the Notice of Election for a Stock Deferral Election or a Meeting Fee Deferral Election to receive payment of the shares of Common Stock credited to the Director's Deferred Stock Compensation Account in annual installments rather than a lump sum, provided tha t (i) the payment period for installment payments shall not exceed ten (10) years following the Payment Commencement Date as described in Section 6 hereof and (ii) payment shall not be made in installments but rather in a lump sum if the Director made a Section 13 Event Election, as defined below, and Section 6(c) hereof applies. The number of shares of Common Stock distributed in each installment shall be determined by multiplying (i) the number of shares of Common Stock in the Deferred Stock Compensation Account on the date of payment of such installment, by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the number of remaining unpaid installments, and by rounding such result down to the nearest whole number of shares. The balance of the number of shares of Common Stock in the Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall be appropriately reduced in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof to reflect the installment payments made hereunder. Shares of Common Stock remaining in a Defer red Stock Compensation Account pending distribution pursuant to this Section 5(b) shall be subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 12 hereof and, for former Directors who are not Directors on March 14, 1997 but were Directors prior to that date, shall continue to be credited with respect to dividends or distributions paid on the Common Stock pursuant to Section 5(a) hereof. If a lump sum payment or the final installment payment hereunder would result in the issuance of a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall not be issued and cash in lieu of such fractional share shall be paid to the Director based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock, as defined in Section 15 hereof, on the date immediately preceding the date of such payment. The Corporation shall issue share certificates to the Director, or the Director's Beneficiary, for the shares of Common Stock distributed hereunder. As of the date on which the Director is entitled to receive payment of shares of Commo n Stock pursuant to this Section 5(b) hereof, a Director or the Director's Beneficiary shall be a shareholder of the Corporation with respect to such shares.

(c)     Director’s Beneficiary. The Director’s Beneficiary means any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) named by a Director under the Plan to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in the case of his or her death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Director, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Director in writing with the Secretary of the Corporation during the Director’s lifetime. In the absence of such a designation, Director’s Beneficiary means the person designated by the Director in the Director's Will, or, if the Director fails to make a testamentary disposition of the shares or dies intestate, to the person entitled to receive the shares pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution of the state of domicile of the Director at the time of death.

(a)     General. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6(b) and 6(c) hereof, payment of shares in a Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall commence on April 1 (or if April 1 is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Director ceases to be a member of the Board for any reason, including by reason of death or disability. If, in the case of a Meeting Fee Deferral Election, the first amount credited to a particular Deferred Stock Compensation Account with respect to such Director is credited after such April 1 or any amount is credited to such a Deferred Stock Compensation Account after a lump sum payment has been made pursuant to this Section 6(a) from such Deferred Stock Compensation Account, payment of shares credited to such Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall commence on the April 1 (or if April 1 is not a business day, on the immediately preceding business day) following the date on which the shares are so credited.

(b)     Delay in Payment. Notwithstanding Section 6(a) hereof and except as otherwise provided in Section 6(c) hereof, a Director may irrevocably elect, by filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, to commence payment on a date later than the date specified in Section 6(a) hereof provided that:

The provisions of this Section 6(b) are intended to comply with Section 409A(4)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any successor section, and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(c)  Section 13 Event. Notwithstanding Sections 6(a) and 6(b) hereof, effective for Director Fees and Meeting Fees payable (but for any deferral elections) on and after January 1 of the year following the date on which the Notice of Election is filed (and on and after January 1, 2005), a Director may irrevocably elect, by filing a Notice of Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in a form prescribed by the Corporation, to receive payment of all shares of Common Stock credited to the Director’s Deferred Stock Compensation Account with respect to such Director Fees and Meeting Fees, upon the earlier of when payment would be made pursuant to Sections 6(a) or 6(b) hereof or in a lump sum immediately following the occurrence of any Section 13 Event, as defined below (a “Section 13 Event Election”), provided, however, that such Section 13 Event Election shall be effective if and only if (i) such Section 13 Event constitutes a change in the ownership or effective control of the Corporation or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Corporation under Section 409A of the Code or any successor section and (ii) payment at the time of such Section 13 Event otherwise satisfies all requirements of Section 409A of the Code or any successor section. If such requirements are not satisfied with respect to such Section 13 Event, such Section 13 Event Election shall be void and without effect as to such Section 13 Event and payment of shares then credited to the Director’s Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall be made in accordance with Sections 6(a) or 6(b) hereof (or, if this Section 6(c) later becomes applicable, upon another Section 13 Event). A Section 13 Event Election shall be effective on the date on which it is filed with respect to Director Fees and Meeting Fees payable (but for any deferral elections) after the time of a person’s initial election to the office of Director, or any subsequent re-election if immediately prior thereto such person was not serving as a Director, provided the Director files such Section 13 Event Election within ten (10) business days subsequent to being elected or re-elected as a Director. A Director may terminate a Section 13 Event Election only by filing a Notice of Termination of Section 13 Event Election with the Secretary of the Corporation in the form prescribed by the Corporation, which shall be effective for Director Fees and Meeting Fees payable (but for any deferral elections) on and after January 1 of the year following the date on which such Notice of Termination of Section 13 Event Election is filed. If payments from a Director’s Deferred Stock Compensation Account have previously commenced at the time of a Section 13 Event which results in a permissible lump sum payment pursuant to this Section 6(c), for purposes of applying this Section 6(c) shares previously paid from the Director’s Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall be deemed to be from Director Fees and Meeting Fees not subject to a Section 13 Event Election, to the extent thereof.

Neither the Director nor the Director's Beneficiary shall have the right to, directly or indirectly, alienate, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate or encumber (except by reason of death) any amounts or shares of Common Stock that are or may be payable hereunder nor shall any such amounts or shares be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment by creditors of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary or to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements, or torts of any Director or Director's Beneficiary, or transfer by operation of law in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Director or the Director's Beneficiary, or any legal process.

Any Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall be established and maintained only on the books and records of the Corporation. No assets or funds of the Corporation, a Subsidiary or the Plan shall be removed from the claims of the Corporation's or a Subsidiary's general or judgment creditors or otherwise made available, and no shares of Common Stock of the Corporation to be issued pursuant to a Deferred Stock Compensation Account shall be issued or outstanding, until such amounts and shares are actually payable to a Director or a Director's Beneficiary as provided herein. The Plan constitutes a mere promise by the Corporation to make payments in the future. Each Director and Director's Beneficiary shall have the status o f, and their rights to receive a payment of shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be no greater than the rights of, general unsecured creditors of the Corporation. No person shall be entitled to any voting rights with respect to shares credited to a Deferred Stock Compensation Account and not yet payable to a Director or the Director's Beneficiary. The Corporation shall not be obligated under any circumstances to fund any financial obligations under the Plan and the Plan is intended to constitute an unfunded plan for tax purposes. However, the Corporation may, in its discretion, set aside funds in a trust or other vehicle, subject to the claims of its creditors, in order to assist it in meeting its obligations under the Plan, if:

(a) such arrangement will not cause the Plan to be considered a funded deferred compensation plan under the Code;

(b) any trust created by the Corporation, and any assets held by such trust to assist the Corporation in meeting its obligations under the Plan, will conform to the terms of the model trust, as described in Rev. Proc. 92-64, 1992-2 C.B. 422 or any successor; and

(c) such set aside of funds is not described in Section 409A(b) of the Code, or any successor provision.

The Committee shall have authority, in its discretion, (a) to grant “nonstatutory stock options” (i.e., stock options which do not qualify under Sections 422 and 423 of the Code), (b) to grant stock appreciation rights, and (c) to award restricted shares. All grants and awards pursuant to this Section 9 shall be made on or to be effective on a Payment Date. On or as of each Payment Date, the Committee shall grant or award to each Director on such Payment Date nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights and/or restricted shares with a total value of forty thousa nd dollars ($40,000) (or such other amount determined by the Board or by any committee of the Board which the Board authorizes to determine such amount). The Committee shall determine in its discretion the portion of each grant and/or award to be comprised of nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights and restricted shares and the value of each.

Stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:

(i) no stock option or stock appreciation right shall be transferable or assignable by the grantee otherwise than:

(a) by Will; or

(c) to the trustee of a trust that is revocable by the grantee alone, both at the time of the transfer or assignment and at all times thereafter prior to such grantee’s death; and

(ii) all stock options and stock appreciation rights shall be exercisable during the lifetime of the grantee only by the grantee or by the trustee of a trust described in Section 10(E)(i)(c) hereof.

A transfer or assignment of a stock option or a stock appreciation right by a trustee of a trust described in Section 10(E)(i)(c) to any person other than the grantee shall be permitted only to the extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing, in its discretion. Stock options or stock appreciation rights held by such trustee also shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable agreement with the grantee as if such trustee were a party to such agreement as the grantee. In the event the grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation, the provisions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable agreement with the grantee shall continue to be applicable to the stock option or stock appreciation right and shall limit the ability of such trustee to exe rcise any such transferred stock options or stock appreciation rights to the same extent they would have limited the grantee. The Corporation shall not have any obligation to notify such trustee of any termination of a stock option or stock appreciation right due to the termination of service of the grantee as a Director of the Corporation.

(i) Notwithstanding Section 10(D) hereof, if a grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation for any reason other than those set forth in Section 10(F)(ii) or (iii) hereof, any then outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right held by such grantee (whether or not vested and exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to such time) shall vest and be exercisable by the grantee (or, in the event of the grantee’s death, by the person entitled to do so under the Will of the grantee, or, if the grantee shall fail to make testamentary disposition of the stock option or stock appreciation right or shall die intestate, by the legal representative of the grantee (the “Grantee’s Heir or Representative”)), at any time prior to the second anniversary of the date on which the grantee cease s to be a Director of the Corporation or the expiration date of the stock option or stock appreciation right, whichever is the shorter period;

(ii) Unless the exercise period of a stock option or stock appreciation right following termination of service as Director has been extended as provided in Section 13(c) hereof, if during his or her term of office as a non-employee Director a grantee is removed from office for cause or resigns without the consent of the Board, any then outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right held by such grantee shall terminate as of the close of business on the last day on which the grantee is a Director of the Corporation; and

(iii) Notwithstanding Section 10(D) hereof, following the death of a grantee during service as a Director of the Corporation, or upon the disability of a Director which requires his or her termination as a Director of the Corporation, any outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right held by the grantee at the time of death or termination as a Director due to disability (whether or not vested and exercisable by the grantee immediately prior to such time) shall vest and be exercisable, in the case of death of the grantee, by the Grantee’s Heir or Representative, or, in the case of disability of the grantee, by the grantee at any time prior to the second anniversary of the date on which the grantee ceases to be a Director of the Corporation or the expiration date of the stock option or stock appreci ation right, whichever is the shorter period.

Whether a resignation of a Director is with or without the consent of the Board and whether a grantee is disabled shall be determined in each case, in its discretion, by the Committee and such determination by the Committee shall be final and binding.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 10 and the other provisions of the Plan, any stock option or stock appreciation right granted under the Plan may be exercised at such times and in such amounts and be subject to such restrictions and other terms and conditions, if any, as shall be determined, in its discretion, by the Committee and set forth in the agreement referred to in Section 10(H) hereof or an amendment thereto.

(a)    Restricted Share Awards. Restricted share awards shall be evidenced by a written agreement in a form prescribed by the Committee, in its discretion, which shall set forth the number of shares of the Common Stock awarded, the restrictions imposed thereon (including, without limitation, restrictions on the right of the awardee to sell, assign, transfer or encumber such shares while such shares are subject to the other restrictions imposed under this Section 11), the duration of such restrictions, e vents (which may, in the discretion of the Committee, include performance-based events) the occurrence of which would cause a forfeiture of the restricted shares and such other terms and conditions as the Committee in its discretion deems appropriate. Restricted share awards shall be effective only upon execution of the applicable restricted share agreement on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer (if other than the President), the President or any Vice President, and by the awardee. The provisions of such agreements need not be identical.

(b)    Transfers to Trusts. Neither this Section 11 nor any other provision of the Plan shall preclude an awardee from transferring or assigning restricted shares to (i) the trustee of a trust that is revocable by such awardee alone, both at the time of the transfer or assignment and at all times thereafter prior to such awardee’s death or (ii) the trustee of any other trust to the extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing. A transfer or assignment of restricted shares from such truste e to any person other than such awardee shall be permitted only to the extent approved in advance by the Committee in writing, and restricted shares held by such trustee shall be subject to all of the conditions and restrictions set forth in the Plan and in the applicable agreement as if such trustee were a party to such agreement.

(c)    Default Vesting Restrictions. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, restricted shares awarded to a Director shall be forfeited if the awardee terminates as a Director of the Corporation within two (2) years following the grant of such restricted shares due to the voluntary resignation of the Director without the consent of the Board or the removal of the Director with cause. Any restricted shares which have not previously vested shall vest and the restrictions related to service as a Dire ctor shall lapse upon the death of a Director or the disability of a Director which requires his or her termination as a Director of the Corporation.

(d)     Share Certificates; Dividends. Following a restricted share award and prior to the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions, the share certificates representing the restricted shares shall be held by the Corporation in escrow together with related stock powers in blank signed by the awardee. Except as provided in Section 12 hereof, the Committee, in its discretion, may determine that dividends and other distributions on the shares held in escrow shall not be paid to the awardee until the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions. Unless otherwise provided, in its discretion, by the Committee, any such dividends or other distributions shall not bear interest. Upon the lapse or termination of the applicable restrictions (and not before such time), the share certificates representing the restricted shares and unpaid dividends, if any, shall be delivered to the awardee. From the date a restricted share award is effective, the awardee shall be a shareholder with respect to all of the shares represented by the share certificates for the restricted shares and shall have all the rights of a shareholder with respect to the restricted shares, including the right to vote the restricted shares and to receive all dividends, and other distributions paid with respect to the restricted shares, subject only to the preceding provisions of this Section 11(d) and the other restrictions imposed by the Committee

(e)      Competition. If an awardee of restricted shares engages in the operation of management of a business (whether as owner, partner, officer, director, employee or otherwise) which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or solicits any of the Corporation’s customers or employees other than for the benefit of the Corporation, the Committee may immediately declare forfeited all restricted shares held by the awardee as to which the restrictions have not yet lapsed. Whether an awardee has engaged in the operation or management of a business which is in competition with the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or has solicited any of the Corporation’s customers or employees other than for the benefit of Corporation, shall also be determined, in its discretion, by the Committee, and any such determination by the Committee shall be final and binding.

(a)     Dividends or Distributions in Common Stock. If a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock shall be declared upon the Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock (i) credited to any Deferred Stock Compensation Account, (ii) then subject to any outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights and (iii) which may be issued or credited under Section 1 hereof, on the date fixed for determining the stockholders entitled to receive such stock dividend or distribution, shall be adjusted by adding thereto the nu mber of shares of the Common Stock which would have been distributable thereon if such shares had been outstanding on such date. Shares of Common Stock so distributed with respect to any restricted shares held in escrow shall also be held by the Corporation in escrow and shall be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to the restricted shares on which they were distributed.

(b)     Exchanges. If the outstanding shares of the Common Stock shall, in whole or in part, be changed into or exchangeable for a different number, or different kind(s) or class(es) of shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation or another corporation, or cash or other property, whether through reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization, stock split-up, combination of shares, merger, consolidation or otherwise, then (i) there shall be substituted for each share of the Common Stock cr edited to any Deferred Stock Compensation Account, subject to any then outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right, and which may be issued or credited under Section 1 hereof, the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities or the cash or property into which each outstanding share of the Common Stock shall be so changed or for which each such share shall be exchangeable, and (ii) the Board shall adopt such amendments to the Plan as it deems necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the Plan, including without limitation the continuing deferral of any shares, securities, cash or other property then credited to any Deferred Stock Compensation Accounts. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its discretion, any such stock or securities, as well as any cash or other property, into or for which any restricted shares held in escrow shall be changed or exchangeable in any such transaction, shall also be held by the Corporation in escrow and shall be subject to the same restr ictions as are applicable to the restricted shares in respect of which such stock, securities, cash or other property was issued or distributed.

(c)     Option Price and Base Price. In case of any adjustment or substitution as provided for in this Section 12, the aggregate option price and Base Price for all shares subject to each then outstanding stock option and stock appreciation right, respectively, prior to such adjustment and substitution shall be the aggregate option price and Base Price, respectively, for all shares of stock or other securities (including any fraction) to which such shares have been adjusted or which shall have been subs tituted for such shares. Any new option price or Base Price per share shall be carried to at least three decimal places with the last decimal place rounded upwards to the nearest whole number.

(d)     Other Events. If the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed in value by reason of any spin-off, split-off, or dividend in partial liquidation, dividend in property other than cash or extraordinary distribution to holders of the Common Stock, (i) the Committee shall make any adjustments to the number of shares of Common Stock credited to any Deferred Stock Compensation Account, and any outstanding stock option or stock appreciation right, which it determines are equitably required to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of grantees or the value of those shares of Common Stock credited to such Deferred Stock Compensation Account which would otherwise result from any such transaction, and (ii) unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its discretion, any stock, securities, cash or other property distributed with respect to any restricted shares held in escrow or for which any restricted shares held in escrow shall be exchanged in any such transaction shall also be held by the Corporation in escrow and shall be subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to the restricted shares in respect of which such stock, securities, cash or other property was distributed or exchanged.

(e)     Fractional Shares. No adjustment or substitution provided for in this Section 12 shall require the Corporation to issue or sell a fraction of a share or other security. Accordingly, all fractional shares or other securities which result from any such adjustment or substitution shall be eliminated and not carried forward to any subsequent adjustment or substitution. Owners of restricted shares held in escrow shall be treated in the same manner as owners of Common Stock not held in escrow with res pect to fractional shares created by an adjustment or substitution of shares, except that, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, in its discretion, any cash or other property paid in lieu of a fractional share shall be subject to restrictions similar to those applicable to the restricted shares exchanged therefor.

(f)     Limited Rights. Except as provided in this Section 12, a Director shall have no rights by reason of any issue by the Corporation of stock of any class or securities convertible into stock of any class, any subdivision or consolidation of shares of stock of any class, the payment of any stock dividend or any other increase or decrease in the number of shares of stock of any class.

(a)  Definitions. For purposes of this Section 13, the following terms shall have the following meaning:

provided, however, that (A) if securities beneficially owned by a grantee are included in determining the Beneficial Ownership of a Person referred to in paragraph 5(i) hereof or (B) a grantee is required to be named pursuant to Item 2 of the Schedule 14D-1 (or any similar successor filing requirement) required to be filed by the bidder making a Tender Offer referred to in paragraph 5(ii), then no Section 13 Event with respect to such grantee shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of such event.

(b)  Acceleration of the Exercise Date of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. Unless the agreement referred to in Section 10(H) hereof, or an amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan, in case any Section 13 Event occurs all outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights shall become immediately and fully exercisable whether or not otherwise exercisable by their terms.

(c)  Extension of the Expiration Date of Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights. Unless the agreement referred to in Section 10(H) hereof, or an amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan, all stock options and stock appreciation rights held by a grantee whose service with the Corporation as a Director terminates within one year of any Section 13 Event for any reason shall be exercisable for the longer of (i) a period of three months from the date of such termination of service or (ii) the period specified in Section 10(F) hereof, but in n o event after the expiration date of the stock option or stock appreciation right.

(d)  Lapse of Restrictions on Restricted Share Awards. Unless the agreement referred to in Section 11 hereof, or an amendment thereto, shall otherwise provide, notwithstanding any other provision contained in the Plan, if any Section 13 Event occurs prior to the scheduled lapse of all restrictions applicable to restricted share awards under the Plan, all such restrictions shall lapse upon the occurrence of any such Section 13 Event regardless of the scheduled lapse of such restrictions.

Except where the terms of the Plan specifically grant authority to the Committee of the Board or where the Board delegates authority to the Committee, full power and authority to construe, interpret, and administer the Plan shall be vested in the Board. Decisions of the Committee and the Board shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all parties. Notwithstanding the terms of a Stock Deferral Election or a Meeting Fee Deferral Election made by a Director hereunder, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit the withdrawal of shares credited to a Deferred Stock Compensation Account with respect to Director Fees or Meeting Fees previously payable upon the request of a Director or the Director's representative, or following the death of a Director upon the request of a Director's Beneficiary or such bene ficiary's representative, if the Board determines that the Director or the Director's Beneficiary, as the case may be, is confronted with an unforeseeable emergency. For this purpose, an unforeseeable emergency means a severe financial hardship to the Director or the Director’s Beneficiary resulting from an illness or accident of the Director or the Director’s Beneficiary, the spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Director or the Director’s Beneficiary, loss of the Director or the Director’s Beneficiary’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Director or the Director’s Beneficiary. The Director or the Director's Beneficiary shall provide to the Committee evidence as the Committee, in its discretion, may require to demonstrate such emergency exists and financial hardship would occur if the withdrawal were not permitted. The withdrawal shall be limited to the amounts necessary to satisfy such emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Director or the Director’s Beneficiary’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship). Cash needs arising from foreseeable events, such as the purchase or building of a house or education expenses, will not be considered to be the result of an unforeseeable financial emergency. Payment shall be made, as soon as practicable after the Committee approves the payment and determines the number of shares which shall be withdrawn, in a single lump sum from the portion of the Deferred Stock Compensation Account with the longest number of installment payments first. No Director shall participate in any decision of the Committee re garding such Director's request for a withdrawal under this Section 14.

Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be the mean between the following prices, as applicable, for the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined as quoted in The Wall Street Journal (or in any other reliable publication as the Board of the Corporation or its delegate, in its discretion, may determine to rely upon):

(a) if the Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common Stock as quoted in the NYSE-Composite Transactions listing for such date;

(b) if the Common Stock is not listed on such exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of Common Stock for such date on (or on any composite index including) the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") on which the Common Stock is listed; or

(c) if the Common Stock is not listed on any such exchange, the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common Stock for such date on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations System or any successor system then in use ("NASDAQ").

If there are no such sale price quotations for the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined but there are such sale price quotations within a reasonable period both before and after such date, then Fair Market Value shall be determined by taking a weighted average of the means between the highest and lowest sales prices per share of the Common Stock as so quoted on the nearest date before and the nearest date after the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined. The average should be weighted inversely by the respective numbers of trading days between the selling dates and the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined. If there are no such sale price quotations on or within a reasonable period both before and after the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, then Fair Market Value of the Common Stock shall be the mean between the bona fide bid and asked prices per share of Common Stock as so quoted for such date on NASDAQ, or if none, the weighted average of the means between such bona fide bid and asked prices on the nearest trading date before and the nearest trading date after the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, if both such dates are within a reasonable period. The average is to be determined in the manner described above in this Section 15. If the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock cannot be determined on the basis previously set forth in this Section 15 on the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be determined, the Board or its delegate shall in good faith determine the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on such date. Fair Market Value shall be determined without regard to any restriction other than a restriction which, by its terms, will never lapse.

The obligation of the Corporation to issue or credit shares of Common Stock under the Plan shall be subject to:

If, on the date on which any shares of Common Stock would be issued pursuant to a current stock payment under Section 3(a) hereof or credited to a Deferred Stock Compensation Account and after consideration of any shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights and awards of restricted shares, sufficient shares of Common Stock are not available under the Plan or the Corporation is not obligated to issue shares pursuant to this Section 16, then no shares of Common Stock shall be issued or credited but rather, in the case of a current stock payment under Section 3(a) hereof, cash shall be paid in payment of the Director Fees payable, and in the case of a Deferred Stock Compensation Account, Director Fees, Meeting Fees and dividends, if applicable, which would otherwise hav e been credited in shares of Common Stock, shall be credited in cash to a deferred cash compensation account in the name of the Director. The Board shall adopt appropriate rules and regulations to carry out the intent of the immediately preceding sentence if the need for such rules and regulations arises.

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The provisions of this Plan shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Plan contains all of the understandings and representations between the Corporation and any of the Directors and supersedes any prior understandings and agreements entered into between them regarding the subject matter of the Plan. There are no representations, agreements, arrangements or understandings, oral or written, between the Corporation and any of the Directors relating to the subject matter of the Plan which are not fully expressed in the Plan.

Nothing in the Plan or in any stock option, stock appreciation right or restricted share award under the Plan or in any agreement providing for any of the foregoing or any amendment thereto shall confer any right to any person to continue as a Director of the Corporation or interfere in any way with the rights of the shareholders of the Corporation or the Board to elect and remove Directors.

(a)     General. The right to amend the Plan at any time and from time to time and the right to terminate the Plan at any time are hereby specifically reserved to the Board; provided that no amendment of the Plan shall:

(i) be made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval of the amendment is at the time required by the rules of the NASDAQ National Market System or any stock exchange on which the Common Stock may then be listed; or

(ii) otherwise amend the Plan in any manner that would cause the shares of Common Stock issued or credited under the Plan not to qualify for the exemption from Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act provided by Rule 16b-3.

No amendment or termination of the Plan shall, without the written consent of the holder of shares of Common Stock issued or credited under the Plan or the holder of a stock option, stock appreciation right or restricted shares theretofore granted or awarded under the Plan, adversely affect the rights of such holder with respect thereto.

(b)     Rule 16b-3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph or any other provision of the Plan, the Board shall have the power to amend the Plan in any manner deemed necessary or advisable for shares of Common Stock issued or credited under the Plan to qualify for the exemption provided by Rule 16b-3 (or any successor rule relating to exemption from Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act), and any such amendment shall, to the extent deemed necessary or advisable by the Board, be applicable to any outstanding shares of Common Stock there tofore issued or credited under the Plan.

(c)     Termination Date. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan:

(i) no shares of Common Stock shall be issued or credited on a Payment Date under the Plan after November 15, 2014;

(ii) no shares of Common Stock shall be credited with respect to Meeting Fees payable under the Plan after November 15, 2014;

(iii) no stock option or stock appreciation right shall be granted under the Plan after November 15, 2014; and

(iv)   no restricted shares shall be awarded under the Plan after November 15, 2014.

The effective date and date of adoption of the Plan shall be December 9, 1994, the date of adoption of the Plan by the Board.