AMENDMENT No. 2 TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT No. 2
TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC.
2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
This Amendment (the Amendment) to the Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as adopted on April 23, 2009, and amended on February 18, 2010 (the Plan), is made effective as of this 12th day of July 2011.
WHEREAS, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (the Company) maintains the Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 12.1 of the Plan, the Plan may be amended by either the Companys Board of Directors (the Board) or the Compensation Committee of the Board, subject, in the case of certain amendments, to approval by the Companys stockholders; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes it to be in the best interests of the Company to amend the Plan to (x) increase the number of shares that may be issued to participants in the Plan in connection with awards granted thereunder, subject to the approval of the increase by the stockholders of the Company and (y) amend the change in control provisions of the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:
1. Section 4.1(a) of the Plan is amended, subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company, by striking the number 7,650,000 from the first sentence thereof and replacing it with 12,650,000.
2. Section 11.2 of the Plan is amended by adding the following language at the end thereof:
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall stockholder approval of a transaction which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in Control, constitute a Change in Control.
Except as modified by this Amendment, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan shall remain valid and in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Company, has executed this instrument as of the 12th day of July 2011 on behalf of the Board.
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By: | /s/ Daniel P. Emerson |
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Name: | Daniel P. Emerson |
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Title: | SVP, Assoc. General Counsel and Secretary |
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