(1)	Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:

(2)	Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies:

(3)	Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):

(4)	Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:

(5)	Total fee paid:

(1)	Amount Previously Paid:

(2)	Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:

(3)	Filing Party:

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(1)	To elect ten directors, each to serve for a term of one year and until a successor is elected and qualified;

(2)	To approve the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017);

(3)	To approve the Materion Corporation 2006 Non-employee Director Equity Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017);

(4)	To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for Materion Corporation for the year 2017;

(5)	To approve, by non-binding vote, named executive officer compensation;

(6)	To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of future named executive officer compensation votes; and

(7)	To transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

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•	the director is, or has been within the last three years, an employee of the Company, or an immediate family member is, or has been within the last three years, an executive officer of the Company;

•	the director has received, or has an immediate family member who has received, during any 12-month period within the last three years, more than $120,000 in direct compensation from the Company, other than director and committee fees and pension or other forms of deferred compensation for prior service (provided such compensation is not contingent in any way on continued service);

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the director (a) is a current partner or employee of a firm that is the Company’s internal or external auditor; (b) has an immediate family member who is a current partner of such a firm; (c) has an immediate family member who is a current employee of such a firm and personally works on the Company’s audit; or (d) was or has an immediate family member who was within the last three years a partner or employee of such a firm and personally worked on the Company’s audit within that time;

•	the director or an immediate family member is, or has been within the last three years, employed as an executive officer of another company where any of the Company’s present executive officers at the same time serves or served on that company’s compensation committee; or

•	the director is a current employee, or an immediate family member is a current executive officer, of a company that has made payments to, or received payments from, the Company for property or services in an amount which, in any of the last three fiscal years, exceeds the greater of $1,000,000 or two percent of such other company’s consolidated gross revenues.

•	the director, or an immediate family member, is a current employee, director or trustee of a tax-exempt organization and the Company’s contributions to the organization (excluding Company matching of employee contributions) in any fiscal year are less than $120,000; or

•	the director is a director of a company that has made payments to, or received payments or deposits from, the Company for property, goods or services in the ordinary course of business in an amount which, in any fiscal year, is less than the greater of $1,000,000, or two percent of such other company’s consolidated gross revenues.

•	chair the executive sessions of the independent directors at each regularly scheduled meeting;

•	make recommendations to the Chairman regarding the timing and structuring of Board meetings;

•	make recommendations to the Chairman concerning the agenda for Board meetings, including allocation of time as well as subject matter;

•	advise the Chairman as to the quality, quantity and timeliness of the flow of information from management to the Board;

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•	serve as the independent point of contact for shareholders wishing to communicate with the Board other than through management;

•	interview all Board candidates and provide the Governance and Organization Committee with recommendations on each candidate;

•	maintain close contact with the Chairman of each standing committee and assist in ensuring communications between each committee and the Board;

•	lead the Chief Executive Officer annual evaluation process; and

•	be the ombudsman for the Chief Executive Officer to provide two-way communication with the Board.

•	the integrity of our financial statements and our financial reporting process;

•	compliance with ethics policies and legal and other regulatory requirements;

•	our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence;

•	our systems of internal accounting and financial controls; and

•	the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm and of our internal audit functions.

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•	reviewing and approving executive compensation, including severance payments;

•	overseeing and recommending equity and non-equity incentive plans;

•	overseeing regulatory compliance with respect to compensation matters;

•	advising on senior management compensation; and

•	reviewing and discussing the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) and Compensation Committee Report.

•	evaluating candidates for Board membership, including any nominations of qualified candidates submitted in writing by shareholders to our Secretary;

•	making recommendations to the full Board regarding director compensation;

•	making recommendations to the full Board regarding governance matters;

•	overseeing the evaluation of the Board and management of the Company;

•	evaluating potential successors to the Chief Executive Officer for recommendation to the Board and assisting in management succession planning; and

•	reviewing related party transactions.

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•	broad-based business, governmental, non-profit, or professional skills and experiences that indicate whether the candidate will be able to make a significant and immediate contribution to the Board’s discussion and decision-making in the array of complex issues facing the Company;

•	exhibited behavior that indicates he or she is committed to the highest ethical standards and the values of the Company;

•	special skills, expertise and background that add to and complement the range of skills, expertise and background of the existing directors;

•	whether the candidate will effectively, consistently and appropriately take into account and balance the legitimate interests and concerns of all our shareholders and other stakeholders in reaching decisions;

•	a global business and social perspective, personal integrity and sound judgment; and

•	time available to devote to Board activities and to enhance their knowledge of the Company.

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(1)

The amounts reported in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for stock awards granted during 2016. See Note O to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the assumptions used in calculating such fair value. On May 5, 2016, these directors were awarded 2,941 RSUs, with a grant date fair value of $27.20 per unit, pursuant to the 2006 Non-employee Director Equity Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 7, 2014) (Director Plan).

(2)	Pursuant to the Director Plan, Messrs. Lawrence and Shular elected to defer 100% of their compensation in the form of deferred stock units in 2016, as described below under Deferred Compensation.

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(1)	Includes deferred shares under the Director Plan as follows: Mr. Keithley 18,921, Mr. Khilnani 13,682, Mr. Lawrence 27,014, Dr. Reddy 26,435, Mr. Shular 43,635 and Mr. Wild 13,571.

(2)	Includes shares covered by SARs exercisable within 60 days of February 10, 2017 as follows: Mr. Hipple 262,742, Mr. Kelley 5,750 and Mr. Chemnitz 22,735.

(3)	Includes 291,227 shares subject to SARs held by executive officers and directors and exercisable within 60 days of February 10, 2017.

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(4)	BlackRock, Inc. reported on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 12, 2017 that as of December 31, 2016, it had sole voting power with respect to 2,536,683 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 2,587,589 shares.

(5)

The Vanguard Group, Inc., an investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E), reported on a Schedule 13G/A, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2017, that as of December 31, 2016, it had sole voting power with respect to 23,861 shares, shared voting power of 800 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 1,748,049 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 23,661 shares. The amount beneficially owned totals 1,771,710 shares.

(6)	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, an investment advisor in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E), reported on a Schedule 13G/A, filed with the SEC on February 9, 2017, that as of December 31, 2016 it had sole voting power with respect to 1,617,996 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 1,678,473 shares.

(7)

A Schedule 13D/A filed with the SEC on April 28, 2015 indicates that, as of April 27, 2015: (a) Gabelli Funds, LLC had sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 402,800 shares; (b) GAMCO Asset Management Inc. had sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 853,559 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 989,200 shares; (c) Teton Advisors, Inc. had sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 178,800 shares; and (d) GAMCO Investors, Inc. had sole voting and dispositive power with respect to 300 shares. The Schedule 13D/A further indicates that it was being filed by Mario J. Gabelli and various entities which he directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment officer and that he, GSI and certain other entities named therein may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares owned beneficially by each of the foregoing entities as well as certain other persons or entities named therein.

(8)	NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, an investment advisor in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E), reported on a Schedule 13G/A, filed with the SEC on February 3, 2017, that as of December 31, 2016, it had sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to 1,486,931 shares.

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•	Attract, motivate and help retain key executives with the ability to profitably grow our business portfolio;

•	Build a pay-for-performance environment with total pay levels targeted at the competitive market median; and

•	Provide opportunities for share ownership to align the interests of our executives with our shareholders.

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•	Long-term incentives represent 52% of the target total pay mix for our former CEO, with 48% of the target total pay mix provided in the form of cash-based, short-term pay (the combination of salary and target MIP);

•	Long-term incentives represent 40% of the average target total pay mix for our other two NEOs, with the remaining 60% provided in the form of cash-based short-term pay; and

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•	Performance-based pay (the combination of target MIP, SARs and PRSUs) equals 65% of target total pay for our former CEO and averages about 53% of target total pay for our other two NEOs, versus fixed pay (salary and time-vesting RSUs) of 35% and 47%, respectively.

•	Implement executive pay decisions;

•	Design the base pay, incentive pay and benefit programs for the NEOs;

•	Oversee the equity incentive plans; and

•	Oversee the administration of our stock ownership guidelines.

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Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs), which are granted at fair market value and appreciate in value based on increases in our share price and, consequently, the capital appreciation achieved for shareholders. SARs generally vest three years after the grant date, subject to the NEO's continued service with us on such date. The SARs have a term of seven years during which they can be exercised if vested and are settled (when exercised) in shares;

•	Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), which are designed for retention purposes and are earned by our NEOs based on the passage of time and continued employment. The RSUs generally vest three years after the grant date, subject to the NEO's continued service with us on such date, and are settled in shares;

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Performance-based Restricted Stock Units (RTSR PRSUs), which are tied to our Total Shareholder Return over three years versus the TSR of our peer group (identified above under "Peer Group Companies"). These awards are intended to align executive pay with long-term shareholder value creation and RTSR performance. RTSR PRSUs generally vest at the end of the performance period, contingent on the NEO still being employed. Any earned RTSR PRSU awards are settled in shares for performance between 0% and 100% of target and settled in cash for performance above 100%. Award funding can range from 0% to 200% of target levels, based on our three-year TSR positioning relative to peers as shown in the table below:

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Performance-based Restricted Stock Units (ROIC PRSUs), which are tied to our average ROIC for 2016, 2017 and 2018, is measured for each year by comparing the invested capital on December 31st of the previous year to the invested capital on December 31st of the current year. These ROIC PRSU awards are intended to further align executive pay with Company performance over a multi-year period, as measured by ROIC, which we believe correlates with long-term shareholder value creation. ROIC PRSUs generally vest at the end of the performance period, contingent on the NEO still being employed. Any earned ROIC PRSUs for grants made in 2016 are settled in stock for performance up to 100% and in cash for performance above 100%. Award funding can range from 0% to 200% of target levels, as shown in the table below.

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•	Refrain from competing while employed and for two years after an involuntary termination of employment;

•	Refrain from soliciting any employees, agents or consultants to terminate their relationship with us;

•	Protect our confidential information; and

•	Assign to the Company any intellectual property rights to any discoveries, inventions or improvements made while employed by us and within one year after his employment terminates.

•	Materion Corporation Pension Plan (Pension Plan);

•	Materion Corporation Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (SRBP);

•	Materion Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (401(k) Plan); and

•	Materion Corporation Restoration & Deferred Compensation Plan (RDCP).

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•	Incentive programs provide for balance in that performance measures and goals are tied to the Company's strategic objectives, achievable financial performance centered on the Company's expectations, relative performance against a peer group of companies and specific individual goals;

•	A significant portion of variable compensation is delivered in equity (SARs, RSUs and PRSUs) with multi-year vesting. The Company believes that equity compensation helps reduce compensation risk by balancing financial or strategic goals against any other factors management may take into consideration to promote long-term shareholder value;

•	Limited upside opportunity on incentive awards further ensures that management does not have any incentive to pursue short-term financial performance at the expense of long-term shareholder value;

•	The Company adopted stock ownership guidelines, along with share retention requirements until guidelines are met, which guidelines replaced previous share retention guidelines, to encourage a focus on long-term growth rather than short-term gains; and

•	The Company extended the scope of our clawback policy to recoup from culpable NEOs any gains that are later found to be based on erroneous financial statements.

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(1)	For 2016, "Salary" includes deferred compensation under the 401(k) Plan in the amount of $24,000 for Messrs. Hipple and Chemnitz and $18,000 for Mr. Kelley.

(2)

The amounts reported in this column for 2016 reflect the aggregate grant date fair value as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for RSUs granted during 2016 to each NEO and, based on probable outcome, for the RTSR and ROIC PRSUs granted during 2016, that are within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718. Assuming the highest level of achievement of the performance conditions to which the PRSUs are subject, the grant date fair value of the PRSUs would be: Mr. Hipple $1,865,091, Mr. Kelley $413,048 and Mr. Chemnitz $393,015. See Note O to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the assumptions used in calculating the grant date fair values. See the "2016 Grants of Plan-based Awards" table in this proxy statement for more information on awards made in 2016.

(3)

The amounts reported in this column for 2016 reflect the aggregate grant date fair value as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for SARs granted to each NEO during 2016. See Note O to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the assumptions used in calculating the fair value. See the “2016 Grants of Plan-based Awards” table in this proxy statement for more information on awards made in 2016.

(4)	The amounts in this column for 2016 represent the payments made to the NEOs under the MIP.

(5)	The amounts in this column for 2016 represent the aggregate change in the actuarial present value of the accumulated benefit under the Pension Plan and SRBP as otherwise discussed in this proxy statement. There were no preferential or above market earnings during 2016 under the RDCP or KESOP plans. The amounts for the change in the pension and SRBP values are as follows:

(6)

For Messrs. Hipple and Chemntiz, “All Other Compensation” for 2016 consists of group life insurance premiums, the Company match in the 401(k) Plan and the Company contribution to the Health Savings Account. For Mr. Kelley, "All Other Compensation" for 2016 consists of group life insurance premiums, the Company match in the 401(k) Plan, the Company contribution to the Health Savings Account and an employer contribution to the RDCP.

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(1)

These columns show the RTSR and ROIC PRSUs that were granted in 2016. The first referenced award of PRSUs will be earned based on the degree of achievement of RTSR goals during the 2016-2018 performance period and the second referenced award of PRSUs will be earned based on the degree of achievement of ROIC goals during the 2016-2018 performance period. The threshold to target levels of PRSUs will be earned for threshold to target performance and settled in shares. Above target to maximum performance for the PRSUs will be settled in cash. Any earned awards generally vest after the end of the 2016-2018 performance period provided these executives are continuously employed throughout the performance period.

(2)	This column shows the time-based RSUs that were granted in 2016. These RSUs will generally vest three years from the date of grant, provided these executives are continuously employed three years from the date of grant.

(3)	This column shows the SARs that were granted in 2016. These SARs generally become fully exercisable and vest 100% after three years, provided these executives are continuously employed three years from the date of grant.

(4)

The amounts reported in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 for the SARs and RSUs, and the fair value based on the probable outcome for the PRSU. See Note O to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 for the assumptions used in calculating the fair value.

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(1)	These amounts represent the SARs that were granted on May 8, 2014, March 3, 2015 and February 22, 2016, respectively. These SARs generally vest 100% after three years. The SARs were granted seven years prior to their expiration date.

(2)	Time-based RSUs generally vest three years from the date of grant and are subject to forfeiture if these executives are not continuously employed for a three-year period from the date of grant. Time-based RSUs were granted to Messrs. Hipple, Kelley and Chemnitz in 2014, 2015 and 2016 as follows:

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(3)	Amounts in these columns were calculated using the December 30, 2016 Materion Corporation common stock closing price of $39.60 multiplied by the number of shares or units in the preceding column.

(4)

PRSUs were granted to Messrs. Hipple, Kelley and Chemnitz on March 5, 2014, March 3, 2015 and February 22, 2016, respectively. The RTSR PRSUs will be earned based on our RTSR performance over three years versus industry peers and the ROIC PRSUs will be earned based on our ROIC performance over three years. The threshold to target levels of PRSUs will be earned for threshold to target performance and settled in shares after December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. Above target to maximum performance will be settled in cash after December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

•	Measurement Date: December 31, 2016

•	Interest Rate for Present Value: 3.99%

•	Mortality (Pre-commencement): None

•	Mortality (Post-commencement): RP-2014 Annuitant Mortality Table for males projected generationally using Scale MP-2016 starting from 2006 (the base year of the RP-2014 study)

•	Withdrawal and disability rates: None

•	Retirement rates: None prior to age 65

•	Normal Retirement Age: Age 65

•	Accumulated benefit is calculated based on credited service and pay as of December 31, 2016

•	All results shown are estimates only; actual benefits will be based on data, pay and service at time of retirement

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(1)	The amount in this column is also included in the "Salary" column of the "2016 Summary Compensation Table".

(2)	The amount in this column is also included in the "All Other Compensation" column of the "2016 Summary Compensation Table".

(3)	These earnings include dividends paid in 2015 for the KESOP, which were transferred to the RDCP in 2016 for Mr. Hipple in the amount of $360. None of these amounts were reported for Messrs Hipple, Kelley or Chemnitz in the "Change in Pension Value and Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Earnings" column for 2016 of the "2016 Summary Compensation Table."

(4)	The Aggregate Balance at Last Fiscal Year End (FYE) for the KESOP for Mr. Hipple represents the net amount due to him upon exercise (i.e., net of the 25% option price due back to the Company).

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•	a lump-sum payment of two times highest salary and the highest annual cash incentive compensation (the highest annual incentive for the year of termination or in any of the three prior years);

•	the continuation of retiree medical and life insurance benefits for up to two years;

•	any retirement benefits he would have earned under our qualified retirement plans during the next two years; and

•	reasonable fees for outplacement services, up to a maximum of $20,000.

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(1)	The 2016 MIP was earned and paid to each of the NEOs at less than target levels. The amount reported assumes that the Severance Agreements would provide each of the NEOs with an amount equal to the applicable target level.

(2)	The amount reported assumes that (a) the 2014-2016 PRSUs have been earned and paid to each of the NEOs and (b) the amounts reported for the NEOs for accelerated vesting of RSUs and PRSUs for terminations in connection with a change in control reflect double trigger acceleration amounts and target performance for the 2015-2017 and 2016-2018 PRSUs.

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•	the nature of the related person’s interest in the transaction;

•	the material terms of the transaction, including, without limitation, the amount and type of transaction;

•	the importance of the transaction to the related person;

•	the importance of the transaction to Materion;

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•	whether the transaction would impair the judgment of a director or executive officer to act in the best interest of Materion; and

•	any other matters the Governance and Organization Committee deems appropriate.

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•	Outstanding full-value awards (PRS, RS and RSU awards) assuming that the outstanding awards achieve maximum performance: 383,797 common shares (1.9% of outstanding common shares);

•	Outstanding stock options and SARs: 1,088,804 common shares (5.4% percent of outstanding common shares) (outstanding SARs have an average exercise price of $30.62 and an average remaining term of 4.0 years);

•	Total common shares subject to outstanding awards, as described above (full-value awards and SARs and option rights): 1,472,601 common shares (7.4% of outstanding common shares);

•	Total common shares available for future awards under the Current Plan: 195,532 common shares (1.0% of outstanding common shares);

•	The total number of common shares subject to outstanding awards (1,472,601 common shares), plus the total number of common shares available for future awards under the Current Plan (195,532 common shares), represents a percentage of 8.3% (in other words, the potential dilution of shareholders represented by the Current Plan);

•	Proposed additional common shares available for future issuance under the Amended Plan: 1,200,000 common shares (6.0% of outstanding common shares - this percentage reflects the dilution of shareholders that would occur if the Amended Plan is approved); and

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The total common shares subject to outstanding awards as of March 3, 2017 (1,472,601 common shares) plus the total common shares available for future awards under the Current Plan as of that date (195,532 common shares), plus the proposed additional common shares available for future issuance under the Amended Plan (1,200,000 common shares), represents overhang of 2,868,133 shares (14%) under the Amended Plan.

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·	Performance metrics for Section 162(m) awards may be based on relative or growth achievement, and not just absolute achievement;

·	Performance goals for Section 162(m) awards must be objectively determinable, and may involve adjustments for GAAP or non-GAAP items; and

·	Performance metrics/goals may be adjusted for Section 162(m) awards in the event of the participant’s death or disability or a Change in Control.

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•	The aggregate number of common shares actually issued or transferred upon the exercise of incentive stock options, or ISOs, will not exceed 4,450,000 common shares;

•	No participant will be granted awards of RSUs, PRS and/or PS that are intended to qualify as "qualified performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code, in the aggregate, for more than 200,000 common shares during any calendar year;

•	No participant in any calendar year will receive an award of PU that is intended to qualify as "qualified performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code having an aggregate maximum value in excess of $2,500,000;

•	No participant will be granted option rights and/or SARs, in the aggregate, for more than 200,000 common shares during any calendar year; and

•	Awards that do not comply with the applicable minimum vesting periods provided for in the Amended Plan (as further described below) will not result in the issuance or transfer of more than 5% of the maximum number of common shares available under the Amended Plan.

•	Restrictions on restricted stock and RSUs may not lapse solely by the passage of time sooner than ratably over three years unless the Committee specifically provides for those restrictions to lapse sooner, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of a participant or a Change in Control; and

•	Restrictions on PRS and RSUs that lapse upon the achievement of management objectives may not lapse sooner than after one year, and the performance period for PS and PU must be at least one year, unless the Compensation Committee specifically provides for earlier lapse or modification, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of a participant or a Change in Control.

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A person or group (excluding certain purchases directly from Materion that are approved by the incumbent Board of Materion, by Materion or its subsidiaries or their employee benefit plans or related trusts, or by any person or group that constitutes a "business combination" as described in the second-to-last bullet of this paragraph or certain management buyout transactions as described in the Amended Plan), acquires beneficial ownership of 30% or more of the combined voting power of Materion's outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of Materion's directors (which we refer to as voting power) without certain incumbent Board approval (or 35% or more of the voting power with incumbent Board approval), subject to exceptions described in the Amended Plan;

•	Individuals who as of the effective date of the Amended Plan constituted the entire Board (as modified as described in the Amended Plan, the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of our Board, unless their replacements are approved as described in the Amended Plan;

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Materion consummates a reorganization, merger, or consolidation, or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, or the purchase of another company's assets or other transaction (a "business combination") unless generally (1) owners of Materion's voting power before the business combination generally own more than 65% of the outstanding common shares and voting power of the resulting entity, (2) no person or group (excluding certain

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•	Materion's shareholders approve a complete liquidation or dissolution of Materion (except pursuant to a business combination).

•	The Amended Plan also provides that, except with respect to converted, assumed or substituted awards as described in the Amended Plan, no option rights or SARs will be granted with an exercise or base price less than the fair market value of Materion's common shares on the date of grant; and

•	The Amended Plan is designed to allow awards made under the Amended Plan to qualify as "qualified performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code.

•	Upon the exercise of option rights or SARs;

•	As performance-based restricted shares or restricted stock and released from substantial risk of forfeiture thereof;

•	In payment of restricted stock units;

•	In payment of performance shares or performance units that have been earned; or

•	In payment of dividend equivalents paid with respect to awards made under the Amended Plan;

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•	One common share if issued or transferred pursuant to an award granted prior to May 4, 2011; or

•	1.3 common shares if issued or transferred pursuant to an award granted on or after May 4, 2011.

•	Common shares tendered or otherwise used in payment of the option price of an option right will not be added back to and will count against the aggregate plan limit described above;

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Common shares withheld by Materion, tendered or otherwise used to satisfy the tax withholding obligation (1) will count against the aggregate Plan limit prior to May 7, 2014, and (2) with respect to awards other than option rights or SARs will be added back (but only to the extent such withholding did not exceed minimum amounts of taxes required to be withheld) to the aggregate plan limit described above on and after May 7, 2014 through May 6, 2024;

•	Shares that are repurchased by Materion with option right proceeds will not be added back to and will count against the aggregate plan limit described above; and

•	All shares covered by SARs, to the extent that they are exercised and settled in shares, whether or not all shares covered by the award are actually issued to the participant upon exercise of the SARs, will be considered issued or transferred pursuant to the Amended Plan.

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•	In cash;

•	By the transfer to Materion of non-forfeitable, unrestricted common shares owned by the optionee having a value at the time of exercise equal to the option price;

•	Subject to any condition or limitations established by the Compensation Committee, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which Materion will withhold common shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise;

•	By such other legal consideration as may be approved by the Compensation Committee; or

•	Any combination of the foregoing.

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•	Profits (e.g., operating profit or income, EBIT, EBT, net income, earnings per share, residual or economic earnings);

•	Cash Flow (e.g., EBITDA, operating cash flow, total cash flow, free cash flow, residual cash flow or cash flow return on investment);

•	Returns (e.g., profits or cash flow returns on: assets, invested capital, net capital employed, and equity);

•	Working Capital (e.g., working capital divided by sales, days’ sales outstanding, days’ sales in inventory, and days’ sales in payables, total inventory, total receivables, inventory turns or any combination thereof);

•	Margins (e.g., operating profit, EBITDA or gross profit divided by revenues or value-added revenues);

•	Liquidity Measures (e.g., debt-to-debt-plus-equity, debt-to-capital, debt-to-EBITDA, total debt ratio, EBITDA multiple);

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Sales, Value-added Sales, Sales Growth, Cost Initiative and Stock Price Metrics (e.g., revenues, revenue growth, new product sales growth, new product value-added sales growth, value-added sales, growth in value-added sales, stock price appreciation, total return to shareholders, sales and administrative costs divided by sales, sales and administrative costs divided by value-added sales, sales per employee, value-added sales per employee, cost targets, expense and debt reduction levels or any combination thereof); and

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Strategic Initiative Key Deliverable Metrics (e.g., product development, strategic partnering, research and development, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, management of employment practices and employee benefits, supervision of litigation and information technology, increase in yield and productivity and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures).

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•	Number of common shares covered by outstanding option rights, SARs, restricted stock units, performance shares and performance units granted under the Amended Plan;

•	Prices per share applicable to option rights and SARs;

•	Kind of shares (including shares of another issuer) covered by the awards; and

•	In other awards terms;

•	Any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of Materion;

•	Any merger, consolidation, spin-off, spin-out, split-off, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities; or

•	Any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.

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•	No income will be recognized by an optionee at the time a non-qualified option right is granted;

•	At the time of exercise of a non-qualified option right, ordinary income will be recognized by the optionee in an amount equal to the difference between the option price paid for the shares and the fair market value of the shares, if unrestricted, on the date of exercise; and

•	At the time of sale of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a non-qualified option right, appreciation (or depreciation) in value of the shares after the date of exercise will be treated as either short-term or long-term capital gain (or loss) depending on how long the shares have been held.

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•	Outstanding full-value awards (RSU awards): 26,469 common shares (0.1% of outstanding common shares);

•	Outstanding stock options: 0;

•	Total common shares subject to outstanding awards, as described above (full-value awards and stock options): 26,469 common shares (0.1% of outstanding common shares);

•	Total common shares available for future awards under the Current Plan: 75,890 common shares (0.4% of outstanding common shares);

•	The total number of common shares subject to outstanding awards (26,469 common shares), plus the total number of common shares available for future awards under the Current Plan (75,890 common shares), represents a percentage

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•	Proposed additional common shares available for future issuance under the Amended Director Plan: 85,000 common shares (0.4% of outstanding common shares - this percentage reflects the dilution of shareholders that would occur if the Amended Director Plan is approved); and

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The total common shares subject to outstanding awards as of March 3, 2017 (26,469 common shares), plus the total common shares available for future awards under the Current Director Plan as of that date (75,890 common shares), plus the proposed additional common shares available for future issuance under the Amended Director Plan (85,000 common shares), represents overhang of 187,359 shares (0.9%) under the Amended Director Plan.

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•	The date of the participant's termination of service as a director; or

•	A date specified by the participant.

•	Such subsequent payment election may not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the subsequent payment election is made;

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In the case of a subsequent payment election related to a payment not being made as a result of death or an unforeseeable emergency, the payment date will be deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made (or in the case of installment payments, which are treated as a single payment for purposes of the Amended Director Plan, five years from the date the first installment payment was scheduled to be paid); and

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Any subsequent payment election related to a distribution that is to be made at a specified time or pursuant to a fixed schedule must be made not less than twelve months prior to the date the payment was scheduled to be made under the original payment election (or, in the case of installment payments, which are treated as a single payment, twelve months prior to the date the first installment payment was scheduled to be paid).

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If, upon the applicable distribution date the total value of the account balance(s) held by a participant under the Amended Director Plan and others, the aggregate value (as described in the Amended Director Plan) of the participant's account is less than the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code the amount of such participant's account will be immediately paid to the participant in a lump-sum payment of cash or common shares;

•	If a Change in Control of Materion occurs, the amount of each participant's account will immediately be paid to the participant in a lump-sum payment; and

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In the event of an unforeseeable emergency, as defined in the Amended Director Plan, accelerated payment will be made to the participant of all or a part of the participant's account, but only up to the amount necessary to satisfy such unforeseeable emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distributions, after taking into account the extent to which the hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the participant's assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship).

•	On the date (or dates) the participant would otherwise be entitled to a payment (or payments) in accordance with the provisions of the Amended Director Plan; and

•	Pursuant to the method of payment (i.e., lump-sum or installments) that the participant previously elected (or was deemed to elect) in accordance with the provisions of the Amended Director Plan.

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A person or group (excluding certain purchases directly from Materion that are approved by the Incumbent Board or by Materion, or its subsidiaries or their employee benefit plans or related trusts, or by any person or group that constitutes a "business combination" as described in the second-to-last bullet of this paragraph or certain management buyout transactions as described in the Amended Director Plan), acquires beneficial ownership of 30% or more of the combined voting power of Materion's outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of Materion's directors (which we refer to as voting power) without the approval of the Incumbent Board (or 35% or more with the approval of the Incumbent Board), subject to certain exceptions described in the Amended Director Plan;

•	Individuals who as of the effective date of the Amended Director Plan constituted the entire Board (as modified as described in the Amended Director Plan, the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of our Board, unless their replacements are approved as described in the Amended Director Plan;

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Materion consummates a reorganization, merger or consolidation, or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets, or the purchase of another company's assets or other transaction (a "business combination") unless generally (1) owners of Materion's voting power before the business combination generally own more than 65% of the outstanding common shares and voting power of the resulting entity, (2) no person or group (excluding certain entities) beneficially owns 30% or more (or 35% or more if the business combination is not approved by the Incumbent Board) of the outstanding common stock or voting power of the resulting entity, and (3) at least a majority of the board of the resulting entity were

•	Materion's shareholders approve a complete liquidation or dissolution of Materion (except pursuant to a business combination).

•	Number of common shares covered by oustanding stock options, SARs, restricted stock, RSUs and deferred stock units granted under the Amended Director Plan;

•	In other award terms;

•	Any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of Materion;

•	Any merger, consolidation, spin-off, spin-out, split-off, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities or;

•	Any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.

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•	Materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under the Amended Director Plan;

•	Materially increase the number of securities that may be issued under the Amended Director Plan;

•	Materially modify the requirements for participation in the Amended Director Plan; or

•	Make any other change that must be approved by shareholders under applicable law or stock exchange rules.

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•	No income will be recognized by an optionee at the time a non-qualified option right is granted;

•	At the time of exercise of a non-qualified option right, ordinary income will be recognized by the optionee in an amount equal to the difference between the option price paid for the shares and the fair market value of the shares, if unrestricted, on the date of exercise; and

•	At the time of sale of shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of a non-qualified option right, appreciation (or depreciation) in value of the shares after the date of exercise will be treated as either short-term or long-term capital gain (or loss) depending on how long the shares have been held.

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1.

Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to (a) attract and retain officers, other key employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (b) to provide such persons with incentives and rewards for performance or service, and (c) to promote equity participation by the officers, key employees and consultants of the Company, thereby reinforcing a mutuality of interest with other shareholders, permitting officers, key employees and consultants to share in the Company’s growth.

2.	Definitions. As used in this Plan:

(a)	“Appreciation Right” means a right granted pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan, including a Free-standing Appreciation Right and a Tandem Appreciation Right.

(b)	“Base Price” means the price to be used as the basis for determining the Spread upon the exercise of a Free-standing Appreciation Right.

(c)	“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(d)	A “Change in Control” of the Company, for purposes of awards granted under this Plan on or after May 4, 2011, shall mean, unless otherwise determined by the Committee:

(i)

The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act (a “Person”) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of voting securities of the Company where such acquisition causes such Person to own (X) 30% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”) without the approval of the Incumbent Board as defined in (ii) below or (Y) 35% or more of the Outstanding Voting Securities of the Company with the approval of the Incumbent Board; provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (i), the following acquisitions shall not be deemed to result in a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition directly from the Company that is approved by the Incumbent Board (as defined in subsection (ii), below), (B) any acquisition by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, (C) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the Company, (D) any acquisition by any Person pursuant to a transaction described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iii) below, or (E) any acquisition by, or other Business Combination (as defined in (iii) below) with, a person or group of which employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company control a greater than 25% interest (a “MBO”) but only if the Participant who holds the award in question is one of those employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company that are participating in the MBO; provided, further, that if any Person’s beneficial ownership of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities reaches or exceeds 30% or 35%, as the case may be, as a result of a transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above, and such Person subsequently acquires beneficial ownership of additional voting securities of the Company, such subsequent acquisition shall be treated as an acquisition that causes such Person to own 30% or 35% or more, as the case may be, of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities; and provided, further, that if at least a majority of the members of the Incumbent Board determines in good faith that a Person has acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as practicable a sufficient number of shares so that such Person beneficially owns (within the meanings of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) less than 30% of the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, then no Change in Control shall have occurred as a result of such Person’s acquisition; or

(ii)

individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) (as modified by this clause (ii)) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other

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(iii)

the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another corporation, or other transaction (a “Business Combination”) excluding, however, such a Business Combination pursuant to which (A) the individuals and entities who were the ultimate beneficial owners of voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), (B) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company, the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (X) 30% or more, if such Business Combination is approved by the Incumbent Board or (Y) 35% or more, if such Business Combination is not approved by the Incumbent Board, of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

(iv)	approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company except pursuant to a Business Combination described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iii), above.

(e)	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

(f)	“Committee” means the committee described in Section 10(a) of this Plan.

(g)	“Common Shares” means (i) Common Shares, without par value, of the Company and (ii) any security into which Common Shares may be converted by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred to in Section 11 of this Plan.

(h)	“Company” means Materion Corporation, an Ohio corporation, and its successors.

(i)	“Date of Grant” means the date specified by the Committee on which a grant of Performance Restricted Shares, Performance Shares or Performance Units, Option Rights, Appreciation Rights or a grant or sale of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall become effective, which shall not be earlier than the date on which the Committee takes action with respect thereto.

(j)	“Designated Subsidiary” means a subsidiary that is (i) not a corporation or (ii) a corporation in which at the time the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, less than 80 percent of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

(k)	“Detrimental Activity” means any wrongdoing or misconduct as defined by the Committee in an Evidence of Award.

(l)

“Evidence of Award” means an agreement, certificate, resolution or other type or form of writing or other evidence approved by the Committee which sets forth the terms and conditions of the award granted under this Plan. An Evidence of Award may be in any electronic medium, may be limited to a notation on the books and records of the Company and, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, need not be signed by a representative of the Company or a Participant.

(m)	“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as such law, rules and regulations may be amended from time to time.

(n)	“Free-standing Appreciation Right” means an Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan that is not granted in tandem with an Option Right.

(o)	“Incentive Stock Option” means an Option Right that is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto.

(p)	“Management Objectives” means the measurable performance objective or objectives established pursuant to this Plan for Participants who have received grants of Performance Restricted Shares, Performance Shares or

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(i)	Profits (e.g., operating profit or income, EBIT, EBT, net income, earnings per share, residual or economic earnings);

(ii)	Cash Flow (e.g., EBITDA, operating cash flow, total cash flow, free cash flow, residual cash flow or cash flow return on investment);

(iii)	Returns (e.g., profits or cash flow returns on: assets, invested capital, net capital employed, and equity);

(iv)	Working Capital (e.g., working capital divided by sales, days’ sales outstanding, days’ sales inventory, and days’ sales in payables, total inventory, total receivables, inventory turns or any combination thereof);

(v)	Margins (e.g., operating profit, EBITDA or gross profit divided by revenues or value-added revenues);

(vi)	Liquidity Measures (e.g., debt-to-debt-plus-equity, debt-to-capital, debt-to-EBITDA, total debt ratio, EBITDA multiple);

(vii)

Sales, Value-added Sales, Sales Growth, Cost Initiative and Stock Price Metrics (e.g., revenues, revenue growth, new product sales growth, new product value-added sales growth, value-added sales, growth in value-added sales, stock price appreciation, total return to shareholders, sales and administrative costs divided by sales, sales and administrative costs divided by value-added sales, sales per employee, value-added sales per employee, cost targets, expense or debt reduction levels or any combination thereof); and

(viii)

Strategic Initiative Key Deliverable Metrics (e.g., product development, strategic partnering, research and development, market penetration, geographic business expansion goals, cost targets, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, management of employment practices and employee benefits, supervision of litigation and information technology, increase in yield and productivity and goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures of subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures).

(q)

“Market Value per Share” means, as of any particular date, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the per share closing price of a Common Share on the New York Stock Exchange on the day such determination is being made or, if there was no closing price reported on such day, on the next day on which such a closing price was reported; or if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the day as of which the determination is being made, the amount determined by the Committee to be the fair market value of a Common Share on such day. The Committee is authorized to adopt another fair market value

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(r)	“Non-qualified Option” means an Option Right that is not intended to qualify as a Tax-qualified Option.

(s)	“Optionee” means the person so designated in an Evidence of Award evidencing an outstanding Option Right.

(t)	“Option Price” means the purchase price payable upon the exercise of an Option Right.

(u)	“Option Right” means the right to purchase Common Shares from the Company upon the exercise of a Non-qualified Option or a Tax-qualified Option granted pursuant to Section 7 of this Plan.

(v)

“Participant” means a person who is selected by the Committee to receive benefits under this Plan and (i) is at that time an officer, including without limitation an officer who may also be a member of the Board, or other salaried employee or consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary or (ii) has agreed to commence serving in any of such capacities, within 90 days of the Date of Grant; provided, however, that Qualified Performance-based Awards may only be granted to officers and other key employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The term “Participant” shall also include any person who is determined by the Committee to provide services to the Company or a Subsidiary that are substantially equivalent to those typically provided by an employee (provided that any such person, or such consultant, satisfies the Form S-8 definition of an “employee”).

(w)	“Performance Period” means, in respect of a Performance Share or Performance Unit, a period of time established pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan within which the Management Objectives relating thereto are to be achieved.

(x)	“Performance Restricted Shares” means Common Shares granted pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan as to which neither substantial risk of forfeiture nor the restrictions on transfer referred to in such Section 4 has expired.

(y)	“Performance Share” means a bookkeeping entry that records the equivalent of one Common Share and is awarded pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan.

(z)	“Performance Unit” means a bookkeeping entry that records a unit equivalent to $1.00 or such other value as is determined by the Committee and is awarded pursuant to Section 5 of this Plan.

(aa)	“Plan” means the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), as may be further amended from time to time.

(ab)	“Qualified Performance-based Award” means any award of Performance Shares, Performance Units, Performance Restricted Shares or Restricted Stock Units, or portion of such award, that is intended to satisfy the requirements for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(ac)	“Restricted Stock” means Common Shares granted or sold pursuant to Section 6 of this Plan as to which neither the substantial risk of forfeiture nor the restrictions on transfer referred to in such Section 6 has expired. Restricted Stock is not subject to Management Objectives specified by the Committee.

(ad)	“Restriction Period” means the period of time during which Restricted Stock Units are subject to restrictions under Section 9 of this Plan.

(ae)	“Restricted Stock Units” means an award pursuant to Section 9 of this Plan of the right to receive cash, Common Shares or any combination thereof at the end of a specified Restriction Period.

(af)

“Spread” means, in the case of a Free-standing Appreciation Right, the amount by which the Market Value per Share on the date when any such right is exercised exceeds the Base Price specified in such right or, in the case of a Tandem Appreciation Right, the amount by which the Market Value per Share on the date when any such right is exercised exceeds the Option Price specified in the related Option Right.

(ag)

“Subsidiary” means a corporation, company or other entity (i) at least 50 percent of whose outstanding shares or securities (representing the right to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority) are, or (ii) which does not have outstanding shares or securities (as may be the case in a partnership, joint venture or unincorporated association), but at least 50 percent of whose ownership interest representing the right generally to make decisions for such other entity is, now or hereafter, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company except that for purposes of determining whether any person may be a Participant for purposes of any grant of Incentive Stock Options, “Subsidiary” means any corporation in which at the time the Company owns or controls, directly or indirectly, at least 50 percent of the total combined voting power represented by all classes of stock issued by such corporation.

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(ah)	“Tandem Appreciation Right” means an Appreciation Right granted pursuant to Section 8 of this Plan that is granted in tandem with an Option Right.

(ai)	“Tax-qualified Option” means an Option Right that is intended to qualify under particular provisions of the Code, including without limitation an Incentive Stock Option.

3.	Shares Available Under this Plan.

(a)	Maximum Shares Available Under Plan.

(i)

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 of this Plan, the number of Common Shares that may be issued or transferred (A) upon the exercise of Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, (B) as Restricted Stock or Performance Restricted Shares and released from substantial risks of forfeiture thereof, (C) in payment of Restricted Stock Units, (D) in payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units that have been earned, or (E) in payment of dividend equivalents paid with respect to awards made under this Plan will not exceed in the aggregate 4,450,000 Common Shares (1,250,000 of which were approved by shareholders of the Company in 2006, 800,000 of which were approved by shareholders of the Company in 2011, 1,200,000 of which were approved by shareholders of the Company in 2014 and 1,200,000 of which will be added upon approval by shareholders of the Company in 2017), plus any Common Shares relating to awards that expire or are forfeited, canceled or settled in cash under this Plan. Such shares may be shares of original issuance or treasury shares or a combination of the foregoing.

(ii)

Each Common Share issued or transferred pursuant to an award of Option Rights or Appreciation Rights will reduce the aggregate Plan limit described above in Section 3(a)(i) by one Common Share. Each Common Share issued or transferred (and in the case of Performance Restricted Shares and Restricted Stock, released from all substantial risk of forfeiture) pursuant to an award other than Option Rights or Appreciation Rights shall reduce the aggregate Plan limit described above in Section 3(a)(i) by (A) one Common Share if issued or transferred pursuant to an award granted prior to May 4, 2011, and (B) 1.3 Common Shares if issued or transferred pursuant to an award granted on or after May 4, 2011. Any Common Shares that again become available for issuance pursuant to this Section 3 shall be added back to the aggregate Plan limit in the same manner such shares were originally deducted from the aggregate plan limit pursuant to this Section 3(a)(ii).

(iii)

Subject to the share-counting rules provided in Section 3(a)(ii) and in this Section 3(a)(iii), the Common Shares covered by an award granted under this Plan shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant and, therefore, the total number of Common Shares available under this Plan as of a given date shall not be reduced by any Common Shares relating to prior awards that have expired or have been forfeited or canceled. Upon payment in cash of the benefit provided by any award granted under this Plan, any Common Shares that were covered by that award will be available for issue or transfer hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (A) if Common Shares are tendered or otherwise used in payment of the Option Price of an Option Right, the total number of shares covered by the Option Right being exercised shall count against the aggregate Plan limit described above; (B) Common Shares withheld by the Company, tendered or otherwise used to satisfy the tax withholding obligation (1) shall count against the aggregate Plan limit described above prior to May 7, 2014 and (2) with respect only to awards other than Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, shall be added back (but only to the extent such withholding did not exceed minimum amounts of taxes required to be withheld) to the aggregate Plan limit described above on and after May 7, 2014 through May 6, 2024; (C) the number of Common Shares that are repurchased by the Company with Option Right proceeds shall not increase the aggregate Plan limit described above; and (D) the number of Common Shares covered by an Appreciation Right, to the extent that it is exercised and settled in Common Shares, whether or not all Common Shares covered by the award are actually issued to the Participant upon exercise of the Appreciation Right, shall be considered issued or transferred pursuant to this Plan.

(b)	Incentive Stock Option Limit. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3, or elsewhere in this Plan, to the contrary and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11 of this Plan, the aggregate number of Common Shares actually issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed 4,450,000.

(c)	Individual Participant Limits. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3, or elsewhere in this Plan, to the contrary and subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 11 of this Plan:

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(i)	No Participant shall be granted Qualified Performance-based Awards of Restricted Stock Units, Performance Restricted Shares and/or Performance Shares, in the aggregate, for more than 200,000 Common Shares during any calendar year;

(ii)	No Participant shall be granted in any calendar year a Qualified Performance-based Award of Performance Units having an aggregate maximum value as of their respective Dates of Grant in excess of $2,500,000; and

(iii)	No Participant shall be granted Option Rights and/or Appreciation Rights, in the aggregate, for more than 200,000, Common Shares during any calendar year.

(d)

Exclusion from Certain Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, up to 5% of the maximum number of Common Shares provided for in Section 3(a)(i) above may be used for awards granted under Sections 4 through 10 of this Plan that do not comply with the applicable three-year minimum vesting requirements set forth in Sections 6(c) and 9(d) of this Plan and the applicable one-year minimum vesting requirements of Sections 4(b), 5(b) and 9(b) of this Plan.

4.	Performance Restricted Shares. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize grants to Participants of Performance Restricted Shares. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements contained in the following provisions:

(a)	Each grant or sale shall constitute an immediate transfer of the ownership of Common Shares to the Participant in consideration of the performance of services, entitling such Participant to dividend (subject to Section 4(f) below), voting and other ownership rights, subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer hereinafter referred to.

(b)

Any grant of Performance Restricted Shares shall specify Management Objectives which, if achieved, will result in termination or early termination of the restrictions applicable to such Performance Restricted Shares and each grant may specify in respect of the specified Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement and may set forth a formula for determining the number of Performance Restricted Shares on which restrictions will terminate if performance is at or above the minimum level, but falls short of full achievement, of the specified Management Objectives; provided, however, that no such termination shall occur sooner than after one year, except that the performance period with respect to an award of Performance Restricted Shares may be subject to earlier termination or other modification, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company; provided, further, that no award of Performance Restricted Shares intended to be a Qualified Performance-based Award will provide for such early termination of restrictions (other than in connection with the death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code. The grant of a Qualified Performance-based Award of Performance Restricted Shares shall specify that, before the termination or early termination of restrictions applicable to such Performance Restricted Shares, the Committee must determine that the Management Objectives have been satisfied.

(c)	Each grant may be made without payment of additional consideration from the Participant.

(d)

Each grant shall provide that the Performance Restricted Shares covered thereby shall be subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Section 83 of the Code for a period to be determined by the Committee on the Date of Grant, and any grant may provide for the earlier termination of such period and remove all such restrictions, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company, provided, however, that no award of Performance Restricted Shares intended to be a Qualified Performance-based Award will provide for such early termination of restrictions (other than in connection with the death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(e)

Each grant shall provide that, during or after the period for which such substantial risk of forfeiture is to continue, the transferability of the Performance Restricted Shares shall be prohibited or restricted in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the Committee on the Date of Grant. Such restrictions may include without limitation rights of repurchase or first refusal in the Company or provisions subjecting the Performance Restricted Shares to a continuing substantial risk of forfeiture in the hands of any transferee.

(f)

Any grant shall require that any or all dividends or other distributions paid on the Performance Restricted Shares during the period of such restrictions be automatically sequestered. Such distribution may be reinvested on an immediate or deferred basis in additional Common Shares, which may be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying award or such other restrictions as the Committee may determine; provided, however, that dividends

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(g)

Each grant of Performance Restricted Shares shall be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which shall contain such terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with this Plan. Unless otherwise directed by the Committee, (i) all certificates representing Performance Restricted Shares, together with a stock power that shall be endorsed in blank by the Participant with respect to the Performance Restricted Shares, shall be held in custody by the Company until all restrictions thereon lapse or (ii) all Performance Restricted Shares shall be held at the Company’s transfer agent in book entry form with appropriate restrictions relating to the transfer of such Performance Restricted Shares.

5.

Performance Shares and Performance Units. The Committee may also, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize grants of Performance Shares and Performance Units that shall become payable to the Participant subject to the achievement of specified Management Objectives during the Performance Period. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements contained in the following provisions:

(a)

Each grant shall specify the number of Performance Shares or Performance Units to which it pertains, which may be subject to adjustment to reflect changes in compensation or other factors; provided, however, that no such adjustment will be made in the case of a Qualified Performance-based Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units (other than in connection with the death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(b)

The Performance Period with respect to each Performance Share or Performance Unit will be such period of time (not less than one year) as shall be determined by the Committee, and may be subject to earlier termination or other modification, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company; provided, however, that no such adjustment will be made in the case of a Qualified Performance-based Award (other than in connection with the death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such event, the Evidence of Award will specify the time and terms of delivery.

(c)

Each grant shall specify the Management Objectives that are to be achieved by the Participant and each grant may specify in respect of the specified Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement below which no payment will be made and may set forth a formula for determining the amount of any payment to be made if performance is at or above the minimum acceptable level, but falls short of full achievement of the specified Management Objective. The grant of a Qualified Performance-based Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units shall specify that, before the Performance Shares or Performance Units will be earned and paid, the Committee must determine that the Management Objectives have been satisfied.

(d)

Each grant shall specify the time and manner of payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units that shall have been earned, and any grant may specify that any such amount may be paid by the Company in cash, Common Shares, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, or any combination thereof and may either grant to the Participant or reserve to the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives.

(e)	Any grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units may specify that the amount payable with respect thereto may not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee at the Date of Grant.

(f)	The Committee may, at the Date of Grant of Performance Shares, provide for the payment of dividend equivalents to the holder thereof, either in cash or in additional Common Shares, subject in all cases to payment on a contingent basis based on the Participant’s earning of the Performance Shares with respect to which such dividend equivalents are paid.

(g)	Each grant of Performance Shares or Performance Units shall be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which shall contain such terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with this Plan.

6.	Restricted Stock. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, also authorize the grant or sale to Participants of Restricted Stock. Each such grant or sale may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements contained in the following provisions:

(a)	Each grant shall constitute an immediate transfer of the ownership of Common Shares to the Participant in consideration of the performance of services, entitling such Participant to dividend, voting and other ownership rights, subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer hereinafter referred to and the other terms of this Plan.

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(b)	Each grant or sale may be made without payment of additional consideration or in consideration of a payment by such Participant that is less than the Market Value per Share at the Date of Grant.

(c)

Each grant or sale shall provide that the Restricted Stock covered thereby shall be subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Section 83 of the Code for a period of at least three years, except that the restrictions may be removed ratably during the three-year period as determined by the Committee. Any grant may provide for the earlier termination of such period and remove all such restrictions, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company.

(d)

Each grant or sale shall provide that, during or after the period for which such substantial risk of forfeiture is to continue, the transferability of the Restricted Stock shall be prohibited or restricted in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the Committee on the Date of Grant. Such restrictions may include, without limitation, rights of repurchase or first refusal by the Company or provisions subjecting the Restricted Stock to a continuing substantial risk of forfeiture in the hands of any transferee.

(e)	Any grant or sale may require that any or all dividends or other distributions paid on the Restricted Stock during the period of such restrictions be automatically sequestered; provided, however, that dividends or other distributions on Restricted Stock shall be deferred until and paid contingent upon the earning of the Restricted Stock to which such dividends or other distributions relate.

(f)

Each grant of Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which shall contain such terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with this Plan. Unless otherwise directed by the Committee, (i) all certificates representing Restricted Stock, together with a stock power that shall be endorsed in blank by the Participant with respect to the Restricted Stock, shall be held in custody by the Company until all restrictions thereon lapse, or (ii) Restricted Stock shall be held at the Company’s transfer agent in book entry form with appropriate restrictions relating to the transfer of such Restricted Stock.

7.	Option Rights. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, authorize grants to Participants of Option Rights. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements contained in the following provisions:

(a)	Each grant of Option Rights shall specify the number of Common Shares to which it pertains.

(b)	Each grant shall specify an Option Price per Common Share, which (subject to Section 23 of this Plan) shall be equal to or greater than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

(c)	Each grant shall specify the form of consideration to be paid in satisfaction of the Option Price and the manner of payment of such consideration, which may include:

(i)	cash in the form of currency or check or other cash equivalent acceptable to the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds;

(ii)	the actual or constructive transfer to the Company of non-forfeitable, unrestricted Common Shares, which are already owned by the Optionee and having a value at the time of exercise that is equal to the Option Price;

(iii)

subject to any conditions or limitations established by the Committee, a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will withhold Common Shares that would otherwise be issued upon exercise (it being understood that, solely for purposes of determining the number of treasury shares held by the Company, the Common Shares so withheld shall not be treated as issued and acquired by the Company upon such exercise);

(iv)	any other legal consideration that the Committee may deem appropriate, including without limitation any form of consideration authorized under Section 7(d) below, on such basis as the Committee may determine in accordance with this Plan; or

(v)	any combination of the foregoing.

(d)	To the extent permitted by law, any grant may provide for deferred payment of the Option Price from the proceeds of sale through a bank or broker of some or all of the Common Shares to which the exercise relates.

(e)	Successive grants may be made to the same Optionee regardless of whether any Option Rights previously granted to the Optionee remain unexercised.

(f)

Each grant shall specify the period or periods of continuous employment of the Optionee by the Company or any Subsidiary that are necessary before the Option Rights or installments thereof shall become exercisable. A grant of Option Rights may provide for the earlier exercise of the Option Rights, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company.

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(g)	Any grant of Option Rights may specify Management Objectives that must be achieved as a condition of the exercise of such rights.

(h)

Option Rights granted under this Plan may be (i) options that are intended to qualify under particular provisions of the Code, including without limitation Incentive Stock Options, (ii) options that are not intended to so qualify or (iii) combinations of the foregoing. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Participants who, on the date of the grant, are officers or other key employees of the Company or any Subsidiary who must meet the definition of “employees” under Section 3401(c) of the Code.

(i)	The exercise of an Option Right will result in the cancellation on a share-for-share basis of any Tandem Appreciation Right authorized under Section 8 of this Plan.

(j)	No Option Right granted pursuant to this Section 7 may be exercised more than seven years from the Date of Grant. Subject to this limit, the Committee may cause Option Rights to continue to be exercisable after termination of employment of the Participant under circumstances specified by the Committee.

(k)	Option Rights granted under this Plan may not provide for any dividends or dividend equivalents thereon.

(l)	Each grant of Option Rights shall be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which shall contain such terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with this Plan.

8.

Appreciation Rights. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, also authorize grants to Participants of Appreciation Rights. An Appreciation Right shall be a right of the Participant to receive from the Company an amount, which shall be determined by the Committee and shall be expressed as a percentage (not exceeding 100%) of the Spread at the time of the exercise of such right. An Appreciation Right awarded in relation to an Incentive Stock Option must be granted concurrently with such Incentive Stock Option. Each such grant may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements contained in the following provisions:

(a)	Any grant may specify that the amount payable upon the exercise of an Appreciation Right may be paid by the Company in cash, Common Shares or any combination thereof and may either grant to the Participant or reserve to the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives.

(b)	Any grant may specify that the amount payable upon the exercise of an Appreciation Right shall not exceed a maximum specified by the Committee on the Date of Grant.

(c)	Any grant may specify (i) a waiting period or periods before Appreciation Rights shall become exercisable and (ii) permissible dates or periods on or during which Appreciation Rights shall be exercisable.

(d)

Each grant will specify the period or periods of continuous service by the Participant with the Company or any Subsidiary that is necessary before the Appreciation Rights or installments thereof will become exercisable. Any grant may specify that an Appreciation Right may be exercised earlier, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company.

(e)	Any grant of Appreciation Rights may specify Management Objectives that must be achieved as a condition of the exercise of such rights.

(f)	Each grant shall be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which shall describe the subject Appreciation Rights, identify any related Option Rights, state that the Appreciation Rights are subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and contain such other terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with this Plan.

(g)	No Appreciation Right granted under this Plan may be exercised more than seven years from the Date of Grant.

(h)	Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan may not provide for any dividends or dividend equivalents thereon.

(i)	Regarding Tandem Appreciation Rights only:

(i)	Each grant shall provide that a Tandem Appreciation Right may be exercised only at a time when the related Option Right (or any similar right granted under any other plan of the Company) is also exercisable and the Spread is positive and by surrender of the related Option Right (or such other right) for cancellation.

(ii)	The Option Price of the related Option Right shall (subject to Section 23 of this Plan) be equal to or greater than the Market Value Per Share on the Date of Grant.

(j)	Regarding Free-standing Appreciation Rights only:

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(i)	Each grant shall specify in respect of each Free-standing Appreciation Right a Base Price per Common Share, which (subject to Section 23 of this Plan) shall be equal to or greater than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant; and

(ii)	Successive grants may be made to the same Participant regardless of whether any Free-standing Appreciation Rights previously granted to such Participant remain unexercised.

9.	Restricted Stock Units. The Committee may, from time to time and upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, also authorize grants or sales of Restricted Stock Units to Participants. Each such grant or sale may utilize any or all of the authorizations, and will be subject to all of the requirements contained in the following provisions:

(a)	Each grant or sale shall constitute the agreement by the Company to deliver Common Shares, cash or a combination thereof to the Participant in the future in consideration of the performance of services, subject to the fulfillment during the Restriction Period of such conditions (which may include the achievement of Management Objectives) as the Committee may specify.

(b)

If a grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units specifies that the Restriction Period will terminate subject to the achievement of Management Objectives, such Restriction Period may not terminate sooner than after one year. Each grant may specify in respect of such Management Objectives a minimum acceptable level of achievement and may set forth a formula for determining the number of Restricted Stock Units which restriction will terminate if performance is at or above the minimum level, but falls short of full achievement of the specified Management Objectives. The grant of Qualified Performance-based Awards of Restricted Stock Units shall specify that, before the termination or early termination of the restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock Units, the Committee must determine that the Management Objectives have been satisfied.

(c)	Each grant or sale may be made without additional consideration from the Participant or in consideration of a payment by the Participant that is less than the Market Value per Share on the Date of Grant.

(d)

If the Restriction Period lapses only by the passage of time rather than the achievement of Management Objectives, each grant or sale shall provide that the Restricted Stock Units covered thereby shall be subject to a Restriction Period of not less than three years, except that a grant or sale may provide that the Restriction Period shall expire ratably during the three-year period as determined by the Committee.

(e)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Plan, any grant or sale of Restricted Stock Units may provide for the earlier lapse or other modification of the Restriction Period, including in the event of the retirement, death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control of the Company; provided, however, that no award of Restricted Stock Units intended to be a Qualified Performance-based Award will provide for such early lapse or modification of the Restriction Period (other than in connection with the death or disability of the Participant or a Change in Control) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(f)

During the Restriction Period, the Participant shall not have any right to transfer any rights under the subject award, shall not have any rights of ownership in the Common Shares deliverable upon payment of the Restricted Stock Units and shall not have any right to vote them, but the Committee may on or after the Date of Grant authorize the payment of dividend equivalents on such Restricted Stock Units, either in cash or in additional Common Shares; provided, however, that any dividends or other distributions with respect to the Restricted Stock Units shall be deferred until and paid contingent upon the earning of the Restricted Stock Units to which such dividends or other distributions relate.

(g)	Each grant or sale shall specify the time and manner of payment of Restricted Stock Units that have been earned. Any grant or sale may specify that the amount payable with respect thereto may be paid by the Company in cash, in Common Shares or in any combination thereof and may either grant to the Participant or retain by the Committee the right to elect among those alternatives.

(h)	Each grant or sale shall be evidenced by an Evidence of Award, which shall contain such terms and provisions as the Committee may determine consistent with this Plan.

10.	Administration of the Plan.

(a)	This Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board. The Committee may from time to time delegate all or any part of its authority under this Plan to a subcommittee thereof. To the extent of any such delegation, references in this Plan to the Committee will be deemed to be references to such subcommittee.

(b)	The interpretation and construction, including any action to correct defects and supply omission and correct administrative errors, by the Committee of any provision of this Plan or any Evidence of Award (or related

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(c)	The Committee may suspend the right to exercise Option Rights or Appreciation Rights during any blackout period that is necessary or desirable to comply with the requirements of applicable laws and/or to extend the award exercise period in a manner consistent with applicable law.

(d)

To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may, from time to time, delegate to one or more officers of the Company or to one or more agents or advisors such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable, and the Committee, the subcommittee, or any person to whom duties or powers have been delegated as aforesaid, may employ one or more persons to render advice with respect to any responsibility the Committee, the subcommittee or such person may have under this Plan. To the extent permitted by law, the Committee may, from time to time, delegate to one or more officers of the Company the authority of the Committee to grant and determine the terms and conditions of awards granted under this Plan. In no event shall any such delegation of authority be permitted with respect to awards to any person who is an officer, director, or more than 10% “beneficial owner” of any class of the Company’s equity securities that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or to any Participant who is, or is determined by the Committee to likely become, a "covered employee" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code (or any successor provision).

11.

Adjustments. The Committee shall make or provide for such adjustments in the (a) number of Common Shares covered by outstanding Option Rights, Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Units and Performance Shares and Performance Units granted hereunder, (b) prices per share applicable to such Option Rights and Appreciation Rights, (c) kind of shares (including shares of another issuer) covered thereby, and (d) in other award terms, as the Committee in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, determines is equitably required in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants that otherwise would result from (x) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company, (y) any merger, consolidation, spin-off, spin-out, split-off, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities or (z) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing. Moreover, in the event of any such transaction or event or in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding awards under this Plan such alternative consideration (including cash), if any, as it may, in good faith, determine to be equitable under the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all awards so replaced in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. In addition, for each Option Right or Appreciation Right with an Option Price or Base Price greater than the consideration offered in connection with any such transaction or event or Change in Control, the Committee may in its sole discretion elect to cancel such Option Right or Appreciation Right without any payment to the person holding such Option Right or Appreciation Right. Moreover, the Committee may on or after the Date of Grant provide in the agreement evidencing any award under this Plan that the holder of the award may elect to receive an equivalent award in respect of securities of the surviving entity of any merger, consolidation or other transaction or event having a similar effect, or the Committee may provide that the holder will automatically be entitled to receive such an equivalent award. The Committee shall also make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers and kind of shares specified in Section 3 of this Plan as the Committee in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, determines is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event described in this Section 11; provided, however, that any such adjustment to the number specified in Section 3(a)(i) and 3(b) will be made only if and to the extent that such adjustment would not cause any option intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option to fail to so qualify. This Section 11 shall not be construed to permit the re-pricing of any Option Rights in the absence of any of the circumstances described above in contravention of Section 19(b) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 11 to awards that are considered “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; (ii) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 11 of this Plan to awards that are not considered “deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the awards either continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) the Committee shall not have the authority to make any adjustments pursuant to this Section 11 of this Plan to the extent that the existence of such authority would cause an award that is not intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code to be subject thereto.

12.	Detrimental Activity and Recapture Provisions. Any Evidence of Award may provide for the cancellation or forfeiture of an award or the forfeiture and repayment to the Company of any gain related to an award, or other provisions intended

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13.

Participation by Employees of Designated Subsidiaries. As a condition to the effectiveness of any grant or award to be made hereunder to a Participant who is an employee of a Designated Subsidiary, whether or not such Participant is also employed by the Company or another Subsidiary, the Board may require such Designated Subsidiary to agree to transfer to such employee (when, as and if provided for under this Plan, and any applicable Agreement entered into with any such employee pursuant to this Plan) the Common Shares that would otherwise be delivered by the Company, upon receipt by such Designated Subsidiary of any consideration then otherwise payable by such Participant to the Company. Any such award shall be evidenced by an agreement between the Participant and the Designated Subsidiary, in lieu of the Company, on terms consistent with this Plan and approved by the Board and such Designated Subsidiary. All such Common Shares so delivered by or to a Designated Subsidiary shall be treated as if they had been delivered by or to the Company for purposes of Section 3 of this Plan, and all references to the Company in this Plan shall be deemed to refer to such Designated Subsidiary, except for purposes of the definition of “Board” and except in other cases where the context otherwise requires.

14.

Non-U.S. Participants. In order to facilitate the making of any grant or combination of grants under this Plan, the Committee may provide for such special terms for awards to Participants who are foreign nationals or who are employed by the Company or any Subsidiary or Designated Subsidiary outside of the United States of America or who provide services to the Company under an agreement with a foreign nation or agency, as the Committee may consider necessary or appropriate to accommodate differences in local law, tax policy or custom. Moreover, the Committee may approve such supplements to or amendments, restatements or alternative versions of this Plan (including, without limitation, sub-plans) as it may consider necessary or appropriate for such purposes, without thereby affecting the terms of this Plan as in effect for any other purpose, and the Secretary or other appropriate officer of the Company may certify any such document as having been approved and adopted in the same manner as this Plan. No such special terms, supplements, amendments or restatements, however, shall include any provisions that are inconsistent with the terms of this Plan as then in effect unless this Plan could have been amended to eliminate such inconsistency without further approval by the shareholders of the Company.

(a)

Except as provided in Section 15(c) below, no Option Right or Appreciation Right or other derivative security granted under this Plan may be transferred by a Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and in no event shall any award granted under this Plan be transferred for value. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, Option Rights and Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan may not be exercised during a Participant’s lifetime except by the Participant or, in the event of the Participant’s legal incapacity, by his guardian or legal representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Participant under state law and court supervision.

(b)

The Committee may specify at the Date of Grant, that all or any part of the Common Shares that are (i) to be issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of Option Rights or Appreciation Rights, or in payment of Performance Shares or Performance Units or upon the termination of the Restriction Period applicable to Restricted Stock Units, or (ii) no longer subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restriction on transfer referred to in Sections 4 and 6 of this Plan, shall be subject to further restrictions upon transfer.

(c)

The Committee may determine that Option Rights (other than Incentive Stock Options) and Appreciation Rights may be transferable by a Participant, without payment of consideration therefore by the transferee, only to any one or more members of the Participant’s immediate family; provided, however, that (i) no such transfer shall be effective unless reasonable prior notice thereof is delivered to the Company and such transfer is thereafter effected in accordance with any terms and conditions that shall have been made applicable thereto by the Company or the Committee and (ii) any such transferee shall be subject to the same terms and conditions hereunder as the Participant. For the purposes of this Section 15(c), the term “immediate family” means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the

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16.

Withholding Taxes. To the extent that the Company is required to withhold federal, state, local or foreign taxes or other amounts in connection with any payment made or benefit realized by a Participant or other person under this Plan, and the amounts available to the Company for the withholding are insufficient, it shall be a condition to the receipt of any such payment or the realization of any such benefit that the Participant or such other person make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for payment of the balance of any taxes or other amounts required to be withheld. At the discretion of the Committee, any such arrangements may without limitation include relinquishment of a portion of any such payment or benefit. Participants shall also make such arrangements as the Company may require for the payment of any withholding tax obligation that may arise in connection with the disposition of Common Shares acquired upon the exercise of Option Rights. In no event will the market value of the Common Shares to be withheld and delivered pursuant to this Section to satisfy applicable withholding taxes exceed the minimum amount required to be withheld, unless (a) an additional amount can be withheld or delivered, and not result in adverse accounting or other consequences as reasonably determined by the Committee (it being understood that the failure of such reasonable determination to be correct shall not constitute a violation of the terms of this Plan), and (b) it is permitted by the Committee.

17.	Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

(a)

To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Plan and any grants made hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(1) of the Code do not apply to the Participants. This Plan and any grants made hereunder shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent. Any reference in this Plan to Section 409A of the Code will also include any regulations or any other formal guidance promulgated with respect to such Section by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service.

(b)

Neither a Participant nor any of a Participant’s creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable under this Plan and grants hereunder to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A of the Code, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable to a Participant or for a Participant’s benefit under this Plan and grants hereunder may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by a Participant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c)

If, at the time of a Participant’s separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code), (i) the Participant shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A of the Code in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but will instead pay it, without interest, on the tenth business day of the seventh month after such separation from service.

(d)

Solely with respect to any award that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and that is payable on account of a Change in Control (including any installments or stream of payments that are accelerated on account of a Change in Control), a Change in Control shall occur only if such event also constitutes a “change in the ownership,” “change in effective control,” and/or a “change in the ownership of a substantial portion of assets” of the Company as those terms are defined under Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-3(i)(5), but only to the extent necessary to establish a time and form of payment that complies with Section 409A of the Code, without altering the definition of Change in Control for any purpose in respect of such award.

(e)

Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan and grants hereunder to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A of the Code, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Plan and grants hereunder as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. In any case, a Participant shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on a Participant or for a Participant’s account in connection with this Plan and grants hereunder (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold a Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

18.	Effective Date. The Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan first became effective on May 2, 2006, the date it was approved by the Company’s shareholders, the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and

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19.	Amendments.

(a)

The Board may at any time and from time to time amend this Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that if an amendment to this Plan (i) would materially increase the benefits accruing to participants under this Plan, (ii) would materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under this Plan, (iii) would materially modify the requirements for participation in this Plan or (iv) must otherwise be approved by the shareholders of the Company in order to comply with applicable law or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal national securities exchange upon which the Common Shares are traded or quoted, then, such amendment will be subject to shareholder approval and will not be effective unless and until such approval has been obtained.

(b)

Except in connection with a corporate transaction or event described in Section 11 of this Plan, the terms of outstanding awards may not be amended to reduce the Option Price of outstanding Option Rights or the Base Price of outstanding Appreciation Rights, or cancel outstanding Option Rights or Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, other awards or Option Rights or Appreciation Rights with an Option Price or Base Price, as applicable, that is less than the Option Price of the original Option Rights or Base Price of the original Appreciation Rights, as applicable, without shareholder approval. This Section 19(b) is intended to prohibit the repricing of “underwater” Option Rights and Appreciation Rights and will not be construed to prohibit the adjustments provided for in Section 11 of this Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, this Section 19(b) may not be amended without approval by the Company’s shareholders.

(c)

If permitted by Section 409A of the Code and Section 162(m) of the Code, but subject to Section 19(d) hereof, in case of termination of employment including by reason of the death, disability or normal or early retirement of a Participant who holds an Option Right or Appreciation Right not immediately exercisable in full, or any Performance Restricted Shares or Restricted Stock as to which the substantial risk of forfeiture or the prohibition or restriction on transfer has not lapsed, or any Restricted Stock Units as to which the Restriction Period has not been completed, or any Performance Shares or Performance Units which have not been fully earned, or in the case of a Change in Control of the Company or similar transaction or event, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the time at which such Option Right or Appreciation Right may be exercised or the time at which such substantial risk of forfeiture or prohibition or restriction on transfer will lapse or the time when such Restriction Period will end or the time at which such Performance Shares or Performance Units will be deemed to have been fully earned or may waive any other limitation or requirement under any such award, except in the case of a Qualified Performance-based Award where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code.

(d)

Subject to Section 19(c) hereof, the Committee may amend the terms of any award theretofore granted under this Plan prospectively or retroactively, except in the case of a Qualified Performance-based Award (other than in connection with the Participant’s death or disability, or a Change in Control of the Company) where such action would result in the loss of the otherwise available exemption of the award under Section 162(m) of the Code. In such case, the Committee will not make any modification of the Management Objectives or the level or levels of achievement with respect to such Qualified Performance-based Award. Subject to Section 11 above, no such amendment shall impair the rights of any Participant without his or her consent. The Committee may, in its discretion, terminate this Plan at any time. Termination of this Plan will not affect the rights of Participants or their successors under any awards outstanding hereunder and not exercised in full on the date of termination.

20.	Termination of the Plan. No further awards shall be granted under this Plan after May 2, 2027, ten years from the date on which this Plan is expected to be approved by the shareholders of the Company, but all grants made on or prior to such date will continue in effect thereafter subject to the terms thereof and of this Plan.

21.	Governing Law. This Plan and all grants and awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio.

22.	Miscellaneous Provisions.

(a)	The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional Common Shares pursuant to this Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement of fractions in cash.

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(b)	This Plan shall not confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service with the Company or any Subsidiary, nor shall it interfere in any way with any right the Company or any Subsidiary would otherwise have to terminate such Participant’s employment or other service at any time.

(c)

Except with respect to Section 22(e), to the extent that any provision of this Plan would prevent any Option Right that was intended to qualify as a Tax-qualified Option from qualifying as such, that provision shall be null and void with respect to such Option Right. Such provision, however, will remain in effect for other Option Rights and there will be no further effect on any provision of this Plan.

(d)	No award under this Plan may be exercised by the holder thereof if such exercise, and the receipt of cash or stock thereunder, would be, in the opinion of counsel selected by the Committee, contrary to law or the regulations of any duly constituted authority having jurisdiction over this Plan.

(e)	Leave of absence approved by a duly constituted officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not be considered interruption or termination of service of any employee for any purposes of this Plan or awards granted hereunder, except that no awards may be granted to an employee while he or she is on a leave of absence.

(f)	No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any shares subject to awards granted to him or her under this Plan prior to the date as of which he or she is actually recorded as the holder of such shares upon the stock records of the Company.

(g)	The Committee may condition the grant of any award or combination of awards authorized under this Plan on the surrender or deferral by the Participant of his or her right to receive a cash bonus or other compensation otherwise payable by the Company or a Subsidiary to the Participant.

(h)

Except with respect to Option Rights and Appreciation Rights, the Committee may permit Participants to elect to defer the issuance of Common Shares under this Plan pursuant to such rules, procedures or programs as it may establish for purposes of this Plan and which are intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Committee also may provide that deferred issuances and settlements include the payment or crediting of dividend equivalents or interest on the deferral amounts.

(i)

If any provision of this Plan is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or would disqualify this Plan or any award under any law deemed applicable by the Board, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended or limited in scope to conform to applicable laws or, in the discretion of the Board, it shall be stricken and the remainder of this Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

23.	Stock-based Awards in Substitution for Stock Options or Other Awards Granted by Other Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary:

(a)

Awards may be granted under this Plan in substitution for or in conversion of, or in connection with an assumption of, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other stock or stock-based awards held by awardees of an entity engaging in a corporate acquisition or merger transaction with the Company or any Subsidiary. Any conversion, substitution or assumption will be effective as of the close of the merger or acquisition, and, to the extent applicable, will be conducted in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. The awards so granted may reflect the original terms of the awards being assumed or substituted or converted for and need not comply with other specific terms of this Plan, and may account for Common Shares substituted for the securities covered by the original awards and the number of shares subject to the original awards, as well as any exercise or purchase prices applicable to the original awards, adjusted to account for differences in stock prices in connection with the transaction.

(b)

In the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any Subsidiary merges has shares available under a pre-existing plan previously approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or merger, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, to reflect such acquisition or merger) may be used for awards made after such acquisition or merger under this Plan; provided, however, that awards using such available shares may not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan absent the acquisition or merger, and may only be made to individuals who were not employees or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary prior to such acquisition or merger.

(c)

Any Common Shares that are issued or transferred by, or that are subject to any awards that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Company under Sections 23(a) or 23(b) above will not reduce the Common Shares available for issuance or transfer under this Plan or otherwise count against the limits contained in Section 3 of this Plan. In addition, no Common Shares that are issued or transferred by, or that are subject to any awards

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1.

Purpose. The purpose of this 2006 Non-employee Director Equity Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017) (this "Director Plan") is to provide ownership in the Common Shares of Materion Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), to members of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") who are not Company employees in order to align their interests more closely with the interests of the Company's other shareholders and to provide financial incentives and rewards that will help attract and retain the most qualified non-employee directors.

2.	Administration.

(a)

This Director Plan will be administered by the Committee, which will have full power and authority, subject to the provisions of this Director Plan to supervise administration and to interpret the provisions of this Director Plan, including any action to correct defects and supply omissions and correct administrative errors, and to authorize and supervise any grant of any Award, any issuance or payment of Common Shares and any crediting or payment of Deferred Stock Units (as defined in Section 6 below). No Participant (as defined in Section 3 below) in this Director Plan will participate in the making of any decision with respect to any question relating to grants made or Common Shares issued under this Director Plan to that Participant only.

(b)

The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of this Director Plan or any Evidence of Award, and any determination by the Committee pursuant to any provision of this Director Plan or any Evidence of Award, shall be final and conclusive. In addition, the Committee is authorized to take any action it determines in its sole discretion to be appropriate subject only to the express limitations contained in this Director Plan. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any such action taken or determination made in good faith. For purposes of this Director Plan, "Evidence of Award" means an agreement, certificate, resolution or other type or form of writing or other evidence approved by the Committee which sets forth the terms and conditions of the award granted under this Director Plan, and an Evidence of Award may be in any electronic medium, may be limited to a notation on the books and records of the Company and, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, need not be signed by a representative of the Company or a Participant.

(c)	The Committee may suspend the right to exercise stock options or SARs during any blackout period that is necessary or desirable to comply with the requirements of applicable laws and/or to extend the Award exercise period in a manner consistent with applicable law.

3.	Eligibility. Each member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company will be eligible to receive Awards and Common Shares in accordance with this Director Plan (each, a "Participant"), provided that Common Shares remain available for issuance hereunder in accordance with Section 4.

4.	Shares Available Under this Director Plan.

(a)	Maximum Shares Available Under Director Plan.

(i)

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 of this Director Plan, the number of Common Shares that may be issued or transferred or credited to accounts pursuant to Section 6 of this Director Plan will not exceed in the aggregate 460,000 Common Shares (150,000 of which were approved by shareholders of the Company in 2006, 150,000 of which were approved by shareholders of the Company in 2011, 75,000 of which were approved by shareholders of the Company in 2014 and 85,000 of which will be added upon approval by shareholders of the Company in 2017), plus any Common Shares relating to Awards that expire or are forfeited, canceled or settled in cash under this Director Plan. Such shares may be shares of original issuance or treasury shares or a combination of the foregoing.

(ii)

Common Shares covered by an Award granted under this Director Plan shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant and, therefore, the total number of Common Shares available under this Director Plan as of a given date shall not be reduced by any Common Shares relating to prior Awards that have expired or have been forfeited or canceled. Upon payment in cash of the benefit provided by any Award granted under this Director Plan, any Common Shares that are covered by that Award will be available for issue or transfer hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (A) if Common Shares are tendered or otherwise used in payment of the exercise price of a stock option, the total number of Common Shares covered by the stock option being exercised shall count against the aggregate Director Plan limit described above; (B) the number of Common Shares that are repurchased by the Company with stock option proceeds shall not increase the aggregate Director Plan limit described above; and (C) the number of Common Shares

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(b)

Individual Participant Limit. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4, or elsewhere in this Director Plan to the contrary, and subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 of this Director Plan, in no event will any Participant in any calendar year be granted awards under this Director Plan having an aggregate maximum value at the date of grant (calculating the value of any such awards based on the grant date fair value for financial reporting purposes), taken together with any cash fees payable to such Participant for such calendar year, in excess of $450,000.

5.	Compensation in General. The amount of the director retainer fee, any director fees that may be payable for attendance at meetings of the Board and/or committees thereof and any other compensation paid to the directors for services as a director ("Director Compensation") will be determined from time to time in accordance with the Company's Code of Regulations and applicable law.

6.	Equity Awards.

(a)	The Committee may grant to Participants under this Director Plan the following types of awards (each, an "Award"): stock options; SARs; restricted stock; restricted stock units; other stock awards and deferred stock units, as described herein.

(b)	Each Award granted under this Director Plan will be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be established by the Committee, and the Committee will determine the number of Common Shares underlying each Award. Notwithstanding the foregoing:

(i)

Stock Options. The exercise price of each option will be determined by the Committee but (subject to Section 17 of this Director Plan) will not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the date the option is granted. Each option will expire and will be exercisable at such time and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, provided that no option will be exercisable later than the seventh anniversary of its grant. In addition, any grant of stock options may provide for the earlier exercise of such stock options, including in the event of Termination of Service, death or disability of a Participant or a Change in Control of the Company. Stock options granted under this Director Plan may not provide for any dividends or dividend equivalents thereon.

(ii)

SARs. SARs may be granted in tandem with a stock option granted under this Director Plan or on a free-standing basis. The grant price of tandem SARs will be equal to the exercise price of the related option and the grant price of freestanding SARs will (subject to Section 17 of this Director Plan) be at least equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the date of its grant. SARs may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for such term as the Committee in its sole discretion determines, provided that the term will not exceed the option term in the case of tandem SARs or seven years in the case of free-standing SARs. However, any grant of SARs may provide for the earlier exercise of such SARs, including in the event of Termination of Service, death or disability of a Participant or a Change in Control of the Company. Payment for SARs may be made in cash or Common Shares, as determined by the Committee. SARs granted under this Director Plan may not provide for any dividends or dividend equivalents thereon.

(iii)

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. Restricted stock and restricted stock units may be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee determines and all restrictions will expire at such times as the Committee shall specify. However, any grant or sale of restricted stock or restriced stock units may provide for the earlier lapse or other modification of such restrictions, including in the event of Termination of Service, death or disability of a Participant or in the event of a Change in Control of the Company. Any dividends or other distributions with respect to Restricted Stock or Restriced Stock Units shall be deferred until and paid contingent upon the earning of the Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to which such dividends or other distributions relate.

(iv)	Stock Awards. The Committee may award to Participants, on a quarterly or other basis, a specified number of Common Shares or a number of Common Shares equal to a dollar value as determined by the Committee from time to time.

(v)

Deferred Stock Units. Each Participant may make an annual election to have restricted stock units or other stock awards under this Director Plan paid in the form of deferred stock units ("Deferred Stock Units") upon vesting or payment of such Award, which Deferred Stock Units will be credited to a book-keeping account (which may be further divided into subaccounts) in the name of the Participant in accordance with this Director Plan.

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7.	Further Elections.

(a)

Any Participant may elect to have all or any portion of the cash portion of his or her Director Compensation paid in Common Shares and may further make an annual election to have all or any portion of any Director Compensation that the Participant has elected to receive in Common Shares and any Awards granted as Director Compensation paid in the form of Deferred Stock Units, which will be credited to the Participant's account. For the portion of a Participant's cash Director Compensation that he or she elects to receive in Common Shares, the number of Common Shares to be issued will equal the cash amount that would have been paid divided by the Fair Market Value of a Common Share on the first business day immediately preceding the date on which such cash amount would have been paid. Awards that are deferred pursuant to this Section 7(a) will be credited to the Deferred Stock Units account on a one for one basis.

(b)

An election pursuant to Sections 6(b)(v) and/or 7(a) must be made in writing and delivered to the Company prior to the first day of the calendar year for which the Director Compensation would be earned. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), to elect to defer Director Compensation earned during the first calendar year in which a new director becomes eligible to participate in this Director Plan, the new director must make an election pursuant to Sections 6(b)(v) and/or 7(a) within 30 days after becoming eligible to participate in this Director Plan and such election shall be effective only with regard to Director Compensation earned subsequent to the filing of the election. All elections to defer Director Compensation under the 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-employee Directors (the "2005 Director Plan") that were made in 2005 prior to the start of the 2006 calendar year shall be treated as elections to defer Director Compensation under this Director Plan for the 2006 calendar year.

(c)	If a director does not file an election form by the specified date, he or she will receive any Director Compensation for the year that is payable in Common Shares on a current basis and will be deemed to have elected to receive the remainder of the Director Compensation in cash.

8.	Deferral.

(a)

If a Participant elects to receive Deferred Stock Units, there will be credited to the Participant's account as of the day such Director Compensation would have been paid, the number of Deferred Stock Units which is equal to the number of Common Shares that would otherwise have been delivered to the Participant pursuant to Section 6 and/or Section 7(a) on such date. The Deferred Stock Units credited to the Participant's account (plus any additional shares credited pursuant to Section 8(c) below) will represent the number of Common Shares that the Company will issue to the Participant at the end of the deferral period. Unless otherwise provided herein or pursuant to the terms of any Award hereunder, all Deferred Stock Units awarded under this Director Plan will vest 100% upon the award of such Deferred Stock Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any amount be transferred to a trust maintained in connection with the Director Plan if, pursuant to Section 409A(b)(3)(A) of the Code, such amount would, for purposes of Section 83 of the Code, be treated as property transferred in connection with the performance of services.

(b)

The Deferred Stock Units will be subject to a deferral period beginning on the date of crediting to the Participant's account and ending upon the earlier of (i) the date of the Participant's Termination of Service as a director or (ii) a date specified by the Participant. The period of deferral will be for a minimum period of one year, except in the case where the Participant elects a deferral period determined by reference to his or her Termination of Service as a director. The Participant may elect payment in a lump sum or payment in equal installments over five or ten years. Elections with respect to the time and method (i.e., lump sum or installments) of payment must be made at the same time as the Participant's election to defer as described in Section 7(b). If the Participant does not specify a time for payment, the Participant will receive payment upon Termination of Service as a director and if no method of payment is specified by the Participant, he or she will receive payment in a lump sum. A Participant may change the time and method of payment he or she previously elected (or was deemed to elect) if all of the following requirements are met: (x) such subsequent payment election may not take effect until at least twelve months after the date on which the subsequent payment election is made; (y) in the case of a subsequent payment election related to a payment not being made as a result of death or an Unforeseeable Emergency, the payment date shall in all cases be deferred for a period of not less than five years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made (or in the case of installment payments, which are treated as a single payment for purposes of this Section 8(b), five years from the date the first installment payment was scheduled to be paid); and (z) any subsequent payment election related to a distribution that is to be made at a specified time or pursuant to a fixed schedule must be made not less than twelve months prior to the date the payment was scheduled to be made under the original payment election (or, in the case of installment payments, which are treated as a single payment for purposes of this Section 8(b), twelve months prior to the date the first installment payment was scheduled to be paid). During the deferral period, the Participant will have no right to transfer any rights under his or her Deferred

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(c)

Each Participant will be credited with dividend equivalents in an amount equal to the amount of any cash dividends declared and paid by the Company on the Common Shares underlying the Deferred Stock Units in the Participant's account during the deferral period. Such dividend equivalents, which shall likewise be credited with dividend equivalents, shall be deferred until the end of the deferral period for the Deferred Stock Units with respect to which the dividend equivalents were credited and shall be paid out in Common Shares.

(d)

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, (i) if, upon the applicable distribution date the total value of the account balance(s) held by a Participant under this Director Plan, the 2005 Director Plan, and any other agreements, methods, programs, plans or other arrangements with respect to which deferrals of compensation are treated as having been deferred under a single non-qualified deferred compensation plan with the account balances under the Director Plan and the 2005 Director Plan under Treasury Reg. §1.409A-l(c)(2) (the "Aggregate Account Balance") does not exceed the applicable dollar amount under Section 402(g)(1)(B) of the Code, the amount of the Participant's Aggregate Account Balance will be immediately paid to the Participant in a lump-sum payment of cash or Common Shares, as applicable, (ii) if a Change in Control (as defined in Section 9(d) below) of the Company occurs, the amount of each Participant's account will immediately be paid to the Participant in a lump-sum payment, and (iii) in the event of an Unforeseeable Emergency, accelerated payment shall be made to the Participant of all or a part of the Participant's account, but only up to the amount necessary to satisfy such Unforeseeable Emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distributions), after taking into account the extent to which the hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant's assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship).

(e)

To the extent a Participant is entitled to a lump sum payment following a Change in Control under Section 8(d) above and such Change in Control does not constitute a "change in the ownership or effective control" or a "change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets" of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and Treasury Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5), or any successor provision, then notwithstanding Section 8(d), payment will be made, to the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, to the Participant (i) on the date (or dates) the Participant would otherwise be entitled to a payment (or payments) in accordance with the provisions of this Director Plan and (ii) pursuant to the method of payment (i.e., lump sum or installments) that the Participant previously elected (or was deemed to elect) in accordance with the provisions of this Director Plan.

(f)	Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8, if a Participant is a Key Employee at the time of his or her Termination of Service, then payment of Deferred Stock Units on account of Termination of Service shall be made (or commence to be made) on the first business day of the seventh month following such Termination of Service (or, if earlier, the date of death).

9.	Definitions, etc.

(a)	For purposes of this Director Plan, "Committee" means the Governance and Organization Committee of the Board, as constituted from time to time, which Committee shall not include any member of management of the Company.

(b)	For purposes of this Director Plan, "Common Shares" means (i) Common Shares, without par value, of the Company and (ii) any security into which Common Shares may be converted by reason of any transaction or event of the type referred to in Section 11 of this Director Plan.

(c)

"Fair Market Value" means, as of any particular date, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the per share closing price of a Common Share on the New York Stock Exchange on the day such determination is being made or, if there was no closing price reported on such day, on the next day on which such a closing price was reported; or if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the day as of which the determination is being made, the amount determined by the Committee to be the fair market value of a Common Share on such day. The Committee is authorized to adopt another fair market value pricing method, provided such method is stated in the Evidence of Award for the applicable Award, and is in compliance with the fair market value pricing rules set forth in Section 409A of the Code.

(d)	For awards and deferrals under this Director Plan granted or deferred on or after May 4, 2011, "Change in Control" of the Company, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, means:

(i)	The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of voting securities

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(ii)

individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") (as modified by this clause (ii)) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without objection to such nomination) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or

(iii)

the consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the acquisition of assets of another corporation, or other transaction (a "Business Combination") excluding, however, such a Business Combination pursuant to which (A) the individuals and entities who were the ultimate beneficial owners of voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 65% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries), (B)no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company, the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (X) 30% or more, if such Business Combination is approved by the Incumbent Board or (Y) 35% or more, if such Business Combination is not approved by the Incumbent Board, of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or

(iv)	approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company except pursuant to a Business Combination described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of subsection (iii), above.

(e)	Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Director Plan, it is a condition to the issuance of Common Shares or Deferred Stock Units that the transaction be registered under applicable securities laws and no Participant will be able to receive Common Shares or Deferred Stock Units in payment of all or part of his or

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(f)	For purposes of this Director Plan, "Key Employee" means a "specified employee" with respect to the Company (or a controlled group member of the Company) determined pursuant to procedures adopted by the Company in compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

(g)	For purposes of this Director Plan, "Termination of Service" means a termination of service with the Company that constitutes a separation from service within the meaning of Treasury Reg. § 1.409A-l(h), or any successor provision.

(h)

For purposes of this Director Plan, "Unforeseeable Emergency" means an event that results in a severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from (i) an illness or accident of the Participant or his or her spouse, dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code), or beneficiary, (b) loss of the Participant's property due to casualty, or (c) other similar extraordinary circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.

10.	Delivery of Shares. The Company will make an uncertificated book entry or delivery of certificates representing the Common Shares which a Participant is entitled to receive 60 days following the Participant's right to receive such Common Shares.

11.

Adjustments. The Committee shall make or provide for such adjustments in the (a) number of Common Shares covered by outstanding Awards granted hereunder, (b) prices per share applicable to such Awards (if applicable), (c) kind of shares (including shares of another issuer) covered thereby, and (d) in other Award terms, as the Committee in its sold discretion, exercised in good faith, determines is equitably required in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights of Participants that otherwise would result from (x) any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares, recapitalization or other change in the capital structure of the Company (y) any merger, consolidation, spin-off, spin-out, split-off, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities or (z) any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing. Moreover, in the event of any such transaction or event or in the event of a Change in Control, the Committee may provide in substitution for any or all outstanding Awards under this Director Plan such alternative consideration (including cash), if any, as it may, in good faith, determine to be equitable under the circumstances and may require in connection therewith the surrender of all Awards so replaced in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. In addition, for each stock option or SAR with an exercise price or grant price greater than the consideration offered in connection with any such transaction or event or Change in Control, the Committee may in its sole discretion elect to cancel such stock option or SAR without any payment to the person holding such stock option or SAR. Moreover, the Committee may on or after the date of grant provide in the agreement evidencing any Award under this Director Plan that the holder of the Award may elect to receive an equivalent award in respect of securities of the surviving entity of any merger, consolidation or other transaction or event having a similar effect, or the Committee may provide that the holder will automatically be entitled to receive such an equivalent award. The Committee shall also make or provide for such adjustments in the numbers and kind of shares specified in Section 4 of this Director Plan as the Committee in its sold discretion, exercised in good faith, determines is appropriate to reflect any transaction or event described in this Section 11. This Section 11 shall not be construed to permit the re-pricing of any stock option in the absence of any of the circumstances described above in contravention of Section 12(b) hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 11 to Awards that are considered "deferred compensation" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; (ii) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 11 of the Director Plan to Awards that are not considered "deferred compensation" subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment, the Awards either continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code; and (iii) the Committee shall not have the authority to make any adjustments pursuant to this Section 11 of the Director Plan to the extent that the existence of such authority would cause an Award that is not intended to be subject to Section 409A of the Code to be subject thereto.

12.	Termination or Amendment of this Director Plan.

(a)

The Committee may at any time and from time to time terminate, amend or suspend this Director Plan; provided, however. that the Committee may not amend this Director Plan, without shareholder approval, to (i) materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under this Director Plan; (ii) materially increase the number of securities which may be issued under this Director Plan; (iii) materially modify the requirements for participation in this Director Plan; or (iv) make any other change that must be approved by the shareholders of the Company in order to comply with applicable law or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal national securities exchange upon which the Common Shares are traded or quoted. An amendment or the termination of this Director Plan will not adversely affect the right of a Participant to receive Common Shares issuable or cash payable at the effective date of the amendment

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(c)	No grant will be made under this Director Plan after May 2, 2027, ten years from the date on which such Director Plan is approved by shareholders, but all grants made on or prior to such date will continue in effect thereunder subject to the terms thereof and of this Director Plan.

13.	Transferability.

(a)

Except as provided in Section 13(c) below, no stock option or SARs or other derivative security granted under this Director Plan may be transferred by a Participant except by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee, stock options and SARs granted under this Director Plan may not be exercised during a Participant's lifetime except by the Participant or, in the event of the Participant's legal incapacity, by his guardian or legal representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Participant under state law and court supervision.

(b)

The Committee may specify at the date of grant, that all or any part of the Common Shares that are (i) to be issued or transferred by the Company upon the exercise of a stock option or upon the termination of the restriction period applicable to restricted stock units, or (ii) no longer subject to the substantial risk of forfeiture and restrictions on transfer applicable to restricted stock, shall be subject to further restrictions upon transfer.

(c)

The Committee may determine that stock options and SARs may be transferable by a Participant, without payment of consideration therefore by the transferee, only to any one or more members of the Participant's immediate family; provided, however, that (i) no such transfer shall be effective unless reasonable prior notice thereof is delivered to the Company and such transfer is thereafter effected in accordance with any terms and conditions that shall have been made applicable thereto by the Company or the Committee and (ii) any such transferee shall be subject to the same terms and conditions hereunder as the Participant. For the purposes of this Section 13(c), the term "immediate family" means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the Participant's household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which these persons have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent of the voting interests. In no event shall any Award granted under this Director Plan be transferred for value.

14.	Miscellaneous.

(a)	The Company shall not be required to issue any fractional Common Shares pursuant to this Director Plan. The Committee may provide for the elimination of fractions or for the settlement of fractions in cash.

(b)	The adoption and maintenance of this Director Plan will not be deemed to be a contract between the Company and the Participant to retain his or her position as a director of the Company.

15.	Compliance with Section 409A of the Code.

(a)

To the extent applicable, it is intended that this Director Plan and any Awards made hereunder comply with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code, so that the income inclusion provisions of Section 409A(a)(l) of the Code do not apply to the Participants. This Director Plan and any Awards made hereunder shall be administered in a manner consistent with this intent. Any reference in this Director Plan to Section 409A of the Code will also include any regulations or any other formal guidance promulgated with respect to such Section by the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service. For purposes of this Director Plan, the phrase "permitted by Section 409A of the Code," or words of similar import, shall mean that in the event of circumstances that may occur or exist only if permitted by Section 409A of the Code would not cause an amount deferred or payable under this Director Plan to be includable in the gross income of a Participant (or his or her beneficiary) under Section 409A(a)(l) of the Code.

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(b)

Neither a Participant nor any of a Participant's creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable under this Director Plan and Awards hereunder to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A of the Code, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) payable to a Participant or for a Participant's benefit under this Plan and grants hereunder may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by a Participant to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(c)

Solely with respect to any award that constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and that is payable on account of a Change in Control (including any installments or stream of payments that are accelerated on account of a Change in Control), a Cange in Control shall occur only if such event also constitutes a "change in the ownership," "change in effective control," and/or a "change in the ownership of a substantial portion of assets" of the Company as those terms are defined under Treasury Regulation §1.409A-3(i)(5), but only to the extend necessary to establish a time and form of payment that complies with Section 409A of the Code, without altering the definition of Change in Control for any purpose in respect of such award.

(d)

Notwithstanding any provision of this Director Plan and Awards hereunder to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A of the Code, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Director Plan and Awards hereunder as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A of the Code. In any case, a Participant shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on a Participant or for a Participant's account in connection with this Director Plan and Awards hereunder (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Code), and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold a Participant harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

16.

Effective Date of this Director Plan. The Company's 2006 Non-employee Director Equity Plan was originally effective immediately on May 2, 2006, the date of its approval by the shareholders of the Company; the Company's 2006 Non-employee Director Equity Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 4, 2011) was effective on May 4, 2011, the date it was approved by the shareholders of the Company, and was subsequently amended as of June 1, 2012; the Company's 2006 Non-employee Director Equity Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 7, 2014) was effective on May 7, 2014, the date it was approved by the shareholders of the Company; and this Director Plan will be effective May 3, 2017, or such other date on which it is approved by the Company's shareholders (the "Effective Date"). On and after May 2, 2006, any account balances held by a Participant under the 2005 Director Plan in the form of Deferred Shares shall be treated as Deferred Stock Units, which shall be payable under this Director Plan, but without any change in the time or method of payment provided for in the 2005 Director Plan or any election currently in effect thereunder.

17.	Stock-based Awards in Substitution for Stock Options or Other Awards Granted by Other Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Director Plan to the contrary:

(a)

Awards may be granted under this Director Plan in substitution for or in conversion of, or in connection with an assumption of, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other stock or stock-based awards held by awardees of an entity engaging in a corporate acquisition or merger transaction with the Company or any subsidiary. Any conversion, substitution or assumption will be effective as of the close of the merger or acquisition, and, to the extent applicable, will be conducted in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code. The Awards so granted may reflect the original terms of the awards being assumed or substituted or converted for and need not comply with other specific terms of this Director Plan, and may account for Common Shares substituted for the securities covered by the original awards and the number of shares subject to the original awards, as well as any exercise or purchase prices applicable to the original awards, adjusted to account for differences in stock prices in connection with the transaction.

(b)

In the event that a company acquired by the Company or any subsidiary or with which the Company or any subsidiary merges has shares available under a pre-existing plan previously approved by shareholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or merger, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, to reflect such acquisition or merger) may be used for Awards made after such acquisition or merger under this Director Plan; provided, however, that Awards using such available shares may not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the pre-existing plan absent the acquisition or merger, and may only be made to individuals who were not directors of the Company prior to such acquisition or merger.

(c)	Any Common Shares that are issued or transferred by, or that are subject to any Awards that are granted by, or become obligations of, the Company under Section 17(a) or 17(b) above will not reduce the Common Shares available for issuance or transfer under this Director Plan or otherwise count against the limits contained in

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18.	Governing Law. This Director Plan and all grants and awards and actions thereunder shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Ohio.

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