Common use of Purposes of the Plan Clause in Contracts

Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of the Plan are to provide additional incentives to non-employee directors of the Company and to those officers, employees and consultants of the Company, Subsidiaries and Affiliates whose substantial contributions are essential to the continued growth and success of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and Affiliates, in order to strengthen their commitment to the Company and the Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and to attract and retain competent and dedicated individuals whose efforts will result in the long-term growth and profitability of the Company and to further align the interests of such non-employee directors, officers, employees and consultants with the interests of the shareholders of the Company. To accomplish such purposes, the Plan provides that the Company may grant Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, Performance Shares, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.

Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of the Plan are to provide additional incentives to non-employee directors of the Company and to those officers, officers and employees and consultants of the Company, Subsidiaries and Affiliates whose substantial contributions are essential to the continued growth and success of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries and Affiliates, in order to strengthen their commitment to the Company and the Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and to attract and retain competent and dedicated individuals whose efforts will result in the long-term growth and profitability of the Company and to further align the interests of such non-employee directors, officers, officers and employees and consultants with the interests of the shareholders of the Company. To accomplish such purposes, the Plan provides that the Company may grant Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units, Performance Shares, Cash-Based Awards Shares and Other Stock-Based Awards.

Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of the Plan are are: to provide additional incentives to non-employee directors directors, officers, eligible employees, advisors, consultants and independent contractors of the Company and to those officers, employees and consultants of the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates whose substantial contributions are essential to the continued growth and success of the business of the Company and the its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, in order to strengthen their commitment to the Company and the its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and to attract and retain competent and dedicated individuals whose efforts will result in the long-term growth and profitability of the Company Company, and to further align the interests of such non-employee directors, officers, employees eligible employees, advisors, consultants and consultants independent contractors with the interests of the shareholders stockholders of the Company. To accomplish such purposes, the Plan provides that the Company Committee may grant Nonqualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance UnitsShares, Performance SharesUnits, Cash-Based Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards.